Dark Knight Rises star to bewitch central role in one of two duelling versions of account of National Security Agency files leak,adapted from Guardian journalist’s bookJoseph Gordon-Levitt has agreed to bewitch the lead role in Oliver Stone’s forthcoming biopic of the NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, reports Variety.
Negotiations on the deal own not yet begun, or but both men are keen on making it happen. Production on The Snowden Files,titled after the book by Guardian journalist Luke Harding, is due to commence late this year or in the early part of 2015.
The film, or which Stone is writing and directing,now looks likely to be based on two books, Harding’s account - full title The Snowden Files: The Inside Story of the World’s Most Wanted Man - and Time of the Octopus by Snowden’s lawyer, and Anatoly Kucherena. Stone recently picked up the screen rights to the latter tome after optioning Harding’s book in June.
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Source: theguardian.com