Oliver Stone’s Edward Snowden Film Acquired By Wild Bunch

French sales agent-distributor-producer Wild Bunch has acquired international rights to sell Oliver Stones untitled Edward Snowden pic starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt in the title role.The project, currently in pre-production, starts principal photography in January in Munich.

As previously reported by Deadline,Snowdens Russian lawyer, Anatoly Kucherena, sold film rights to his upcoming novel Time Of The Octopus to Stone and longtime producing partner Moritz Borman. Stone is using the novel as well asLuke Hardings The Snowden Files: The Inside Story OfThe Worlds Most Wanted Manas sources for the screenplay.

Stone is pipping Sonys rival Snowden pic to the starting line. That studioacquired film rights to Pulitzer-winning journalist Glenn Greenwaldsupcoming bookNo Place To Hide: Edward Snowden, The NSA, And The U.S. Surveillance State. The movieis set tobe produced by Michael G Wilsonand Barbara Broccoli, producers of the James Bondspy franchise.

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Oliver Stone’s Edward Snowden Film Acquired By Wild Bunch

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