Dr Evil weighs in on North Korea's alleged involvement in the Sony cyber attack

Mike Myers resurrected the Austin Powers character to introduce Saturday Night Live over the weekend. And the results were spectacular

It’s the opinion you always wanted but never thought you’d have the pleasure of hearing.

Dr Evil’s thoughts on North Korea’s apparent involvement in the Sony cyber attack, that has left scores of executives red-faced, dozens of actors seriously perturbed, cinemas without screenings and Seth Rogen without the substantial Christmas box office figures he was perhaps expecting to learn of before the release of The Interview was postponed after a series of terrorist threats.

Enter Mike Myers, who resurrected his Bond villain-esque Austin Powers character to introduce Saturday Night Live this weekend, where he performed a monologue roundly mocking the scandal that has shaken the very core of Hollywood, and squeezed a sternly worded petition out of George Clooney.

His performance came as Barack Obama declared that the mass hacking was “not an act of war”. He went on to insist that the White House would respond to the leaks “proportionately” and urged film companies not to bow to potential terrorist pressure.

Sony revealed today that it still plans to release the Kim Jong-Un assassination movie.

“We have not given in. And we have not backed down. We have always had every desire to have the American public see this movie,” Sony Pictures Entertainment chief executive Michael Lynton told CNN.

Asked whether Sony would consider releasing the film on YouTube, as had been suggested by Mitt Romney, Lynton said: “That’s certainly an option and that’s certainly one thing we will consider.”