Wikileaks 'thriller': Assange biopic optioned

[Robb]

Source: Variety

A biopic on WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, billed by producers as a suspenseful drama "thriller," is heading for the big screen.

Josephson Entertainment and Michelle Krumm Prods. have jointly optioned feature rights to Australian reporter Andrew Fowler's upcoming biography "The Most Dangerous Man in the World."

The tome, to be published later this year by Melbourne U. Publishing Ltd., is an in-depth look at Assange from his childhood to the current day with the anti-secrecy Wiki-Leaks "revolution."

Fowler first interviewed Assange last May. Michelle Krumm will produce along with Barry Josephson ("Enchanted," Fox's "Bones"). L.H. Adonis will co-produce.


Read more: http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118030590

[pacalo]

1. K&R.

[sharesunited]

2. If I were a casting director, then this actor from DaVinci Code:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bettany

[Robb]

9. I'd cast Ralph Fiennes. nt

[msanthrope]

3. Awesome. Bradley Manning got 1% of the book deal. Maybe more crumbs

from the option will come his way...

[Kelvin Mace]

6. Yeah, I'm sure it will come in handy

when he gets out of prison in 70 years and has to contend with the SS cuts Obama will help get passed.


(Yes folks, two, two slams with one post. I am in a REALLY bad mood today).

[Arctic Dave]

4. Who will finance it if JA slaps the banks in the face.

[Kelvin Mace]

5. Could we actually put some people in jail

or at least out of office first?

This destroys the credibility of the whole effort.

Then again, upon reflection, that is probably the whole point.

[Blue_Tires]

7. Before we start polishing oscars, can we please get the dirt on BOA?

and can any attorneys or prosecutors start to do something about the criminal U.S. policies that have already been leaked?

[goforit]

8. Hopefully, Assange won't be blinded by his popullarity/vanity.