US insists North Korea must take Sony hack blame
The film had been due to open during the holiday season
The US has rejected North Korea's claim that it was not responsible for a cyber-attack on Sony Pictures.
North Korea strongly denies carrying out the attack and invited the US to take part in a joint investigation.
The National Security Council said North Korea should instead "admit culpability and compensate Sony".
After the attack and threats, Sony cancelled the release of a satirical film, The Interview, which depicts the fictional killing of Kim Jong-un.
The Interview had been due to open on Christmas Day. However, after anonymous threats against cinemas, Sony said it was considering releasing it "on a different platform".
The FBI said on Friday that North Korea had carried out last month's cyber-attack, in which script details and private emails were leaked.
The US defended its findings on Saturday, with US National Security spokesman Mark Stroh saying: "We are confident the North Korean government is responsible for this destructive attack."
"If the North Korean government wants to help, they can admit their culpability and compensate Sony for the damages this attack caused," he said.
North Korea says the film hurts the "dignity of its supreme leadership"
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