But a plot twist came at the end of November when Sony, which owns Columbia, had their servers hacked and a mass of sensitive information was released in an apparent yet unconfirmed act of retaliation from North Korea.
The blockbuster sequel G.I. Joe: Retaliation was originally due to be released in 2012, but was delayed so that it could be converted into 3D.
"Over a dozen witnesses told Human Rights Watch that pro-government militias and youth groups have prepared lists of those who would be targeted for retaliation if government forces retake the north," Human Rights Watch said in a report released in December.
Inspectah Deck released a song in retaliation, and now Raekwon seems to have taken up the battle.
According to officials, BART's technology personnel have been working round the clock to fend off a disparate group of hackers who penetrated the agency's Web sites last week and released sensitive information, in retaliation for the shutdown of the cellphone and wireless services.
The hackers, who called themselves the Impact Team, demanded the site be shut down before releasing the data in retaliation.
The Qaddafis were quickly released on bail, but, in retaliation, Muammar Qaddafi detained two Swiss businessmen for more than a year, withdrew billions of Libyan dollars from Swiss banks, and suspended oil shipments to Switzerland.
Russia threatened to expel diplomats in retaliation.
In retaliation, Telecomix released 54GB of logs detailing the censorship of Syria's population using Blue Coat's technology.
More recently, after actress Emma Watson gave a beautiful speech about feminism, it was rumored that hackers would release nude photos of her in retaliation.
