Oliver Stone set to leak new Edward Snowden film. The Director of Platoon and JFK will direct a big budget adaptation of the Edward Snowden NSA whistleblowing story.
Variety reported that Oliver Stone will write the screenplay and direct the upcoming Edward Snowden movie.

Oliver Stone will produce the movie with his regular business partner Moritz Borman, with Harding and other Guardian journalists serving as production and story consultant. Stone bought the rights to journalist Luke Harding's exposé The Snowden Files, The Inside Story of the World's Most Wanted Man. Snowden leaked the NSA documents to Guardian columnist Glenn Greenwald in June 2013. Shooting is set to begin by the end of the year.

In a statement today, Stone said the Snowden story is "one of the greatest stories of our time. A real challenge. I'm glad to have the Guardian working with us."

"The story of Edward Snowden is truly extraordinary," Alan Rusbridger, editor-in-chief of the Guardian announced, "and the unprecedented revelations he brought to light have forever transformed our understanding of, and relationship with, government and technology. We're delighted to be working with Oliver Stone and Moritz Borman on the film.

Luke Harding co-wrote the book "WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange's War on Secrecy," on which the WikiLeaks movie "The Fifth Estate" was based.