Joseph Gordon-Levitt arrives at the premiere of \"White Bird in a Blizzard\" presented by FIJI Water on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014 in Los Angeles. <\/p>\n
Image: Photo by Matt Sayles\/Invision for FIJI Water\/AP Images\/Associated Press <\/p>\n
By Stan Schroeder2014-11-11 10:56:16 UTC <\/p>\n
Joseph Gordon-Levitt will play Edward Snowden in a movie about the NSA whistleblower, Reuters reports. <\/p>\n
Three-time Oscar winner Oliver Stone will direct the movie, which goes into production in Munich, Germany, in January 2015. <\/p>\n
Stone has also written the screenplay, which is based on two books: The Snowden Files: The Inside Story of the World's Most Wanted Man by Luke Harding and Time of the Octopus by Anatoly Kucherena. <\/p>\n
Stone is no stranger to politically-charged drama, having directed JFK, Born on the Fourth of July (for which he received an Oscar for directing) and Nixon. Gordon-Levitt, whose slight stature and occasional spectacle wearing, immediately evoke Snowden, has starred in blockbusters The Dark Knight Rises and Inception; he also played Abraham Lincoln's son, Robert Lincoln, in Spielberg's biopic Lincoln. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Edward Snowden talks with Jane Mayer via satellite at the 15th Annual New Yorker Festival on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014 in New York. <\/p>\n
Image: Christopher Lane\/AP Images for The New Yorker\/Associated Press <\/p>\n
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