Joseph Gordon-Levitt to play Edward Snowden in upcoming Oliver Stone biopic

Joseph Gordon-Levitt will play Edward Snowden in a movie about the NSA whistleblower, Reuters reports

Two-time Oscar winner Oliver Stone will direct the movie, which goes into production in Munich, Germany, in January 2015

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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.

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. Read more...

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