'Risk' Trailer: Showtime Debuts Julian Assange And WikiLeaks Documentary
Showtime has picked up 'Risk,' a documentary about Julian Assange and WikiLeaks by Laura Poitras, for a theatrical run and TV premiere.
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'We Steal Secrets: The Story Of WikiLeaks' Trailer: Truth And Secrets
Information may be the most valuable commodity on Earth, especially when it pertains to the inner workings and policies of major governments. Julian Assange drew the ire of countless officials in governments across the globe when he published state and military secrets through his online portal WikiLeaks. Documentarian Alex Gibney (Freakonomics, Taxi to the Dark…
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First Look: Benedict Cumberbatch As Julian Assange In 'The Fifth Estate'; Release Date And Additional Casting Revealed
Julian Assange has been hailed as a hero by some and decried as a villain by others, so it seems just about perfect that Bill Condon's WikiLeaks movie stars an actor who can play both. As principal photography on the film, now titled The Fifth Estate, gets underway, the first photo of Benedict Cumberbatch as…
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Daniel Brühl Replaces James McAvoy In Bill Condon's WikiLeaks Film
It looks like James McAvoy won't be reuniting with his Atonement and Starter for 10 co-star Benedict Cumberbatch after all. Earlier this month, we learned that McAvoy had signed on for Bill Condon's WikiLeaks movie in the role of Daniel Domscheit-Berg, right-hand man to Julian Assange (Cumberbatch). Unfortunately, negotiations have now broken down over McAvoy's commitment to…
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James McAvoy Will Be Benedict Cumberbatch's Right-Hand Man In Bill Condon's WikiLeaks Movie
Julian Assange is Australian, and his former right-hand man Daniel Domscheit-Berg is German, but it seems both will be portrayed by UK citizens in the movies. Bill Condon's developing WikiLeaks movie cast white-hot Sherlock actor Benedict Cumberbatch as WikiLeaks founder Assange last month, and now James McAvoy looks likely to take the role of disillusioned…
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Benedict Cumberbatch And Joel Kinnaman Might Star In WikiLeaks Movie
Two of the biggest rising stars in Hollywood might team up to tell a still-unfolding story filled with secrets, leaks and infamy. DreamWorks has been developing a biopic of Julian Assange, the controversial face behind WikiLeaks, with Bill Condon (Dreamgirls) likely to direct. Over the summer rumors circulated that Jeremy Renner was in talks for the lead but Deadline…
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Jeremy Renner And Bill Condon Circling DreamWorks' WikiLeaks Movie
As of last year, there were some half-dozen Julian Assange / WikiLeaks movies brewing, but probably because the real-life drama is still unfolding, progress has been rather slow-moving on most of them. At least one studio's not planning on waiting around forever, though. A new report indicates that Jeremy Renner is currently circling the lead…
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Rowan Joffe Writing HBO's WikiLeaks Movie
Remember a few months ago, when WikiLeaks seemed like it would be the topic of a dozen different movies? Some of those may actually happen, and one, the HBO and BBC co-production that seeks to chronicle the story of Julian Assange's organization, just got some new contributors. Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall are now exec…
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Dreamworks Moves Forward With WikiLeaks Movie Plans
Sometimes it looks as if producing films is little more than a big-budget game of keeping up with the Jonses. When everyone else on the block has a Snow White film, you can't be stuck without at least a shadowy piece of faerie fantasy skewed towards the 18-24 demographic, right? How embarrassing to admit you…
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/Filmcast Ep. 133 - Dogtooth
This week, David Chen, Devindra Hardawar, and Adam Quigley assess this year's Superbowl film spots, praise the merits of Tarsem's The Fall, and discuss how much truth a movie needs to have to be considered legitimate. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Join us for our…
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WikiLeaks Reveals Details On The Films Of Michael Moore And Steven Spielberg
While almost every other person in America talks about WikiLeaks on a daily basis, /Film has mostly remained out of the conversation. However, it seems even the film industry isn't immune from Julian Assange's controversial website. David pointed out one such article about how American TV and movies shown in Saudi Arabia are apparently helping…
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In Saudi Arabia, U.S. Movies And TV Shows Are Doing More To Prevent Jihad Than U.S. Propaganda
Even though I've been studying the new Wikileaks scandal in detail for a class I'm taking (and because it is a fascinating disruption of U.S. politics), I've found few intersections between the leaked diplomatic cables and what we do here at /Film. Until now. According to Wikileaks cables, satellite broadcasts of U.S. TV shows and…
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