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Wikileaks Movie Coming To the Big Screen

Posted by samzenpus on from the what-took-so-long dept.

Hugh Pickens writes "First Facebook and now Wikileaks as the Guardian reports that studio executives have picked up the screen rights to the forthcoming Julian Assange biography 'The Most Dangerous Man in the World' by award-winning Australian writer Andrew Fowler. The book details Assange's life from his childhood on Magnetic Island in Queensland, Australia, all the way through to his founding of the whistleblower website in 2006 to publish classified material. Producers Barry Josephson and Michelle Krumm, who have optioned The Most Dangerous Man in the World, say they are planning a 'suspenseful drama' in the vein of All the President's Men and with the thrill of a Tom Clancy novel. 'As soon as I met Andrew and read a few chapters of his profound book, I knew that – with his incredibly extensive depth of knowledge – it would enable us to bring a thought-provoking thriller to the screen,' says Krumm."

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  1. I hope the script gets leaked by EmperorOfCanada · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I hope the script gets leaked.
    The contracts get leaked.
    An audio recording of one of the actors being a little bitch gets leaked.
    And the icing on the cake would be the film being leaked.
    Yet I still think WikiLeaks rules!!!

    1. Re:I hope the script gets leaked by Nazlfrag · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Yeah, that butchered video they released at the exact same time as they released the full, unedited, uncut video really ruined their reputation by making them suddenly world famous instead of an obscure site that only nerds like us knew anything about. Get a grip.

  2. When he comes...all Hell breaks loose by RDW · · Score: 4, Funny

    Presumably it's a 're-imagining' of this:

    http://www.astrodispatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/10/9725f_warlock-the-armageddon-205x300.jpg

  3. astounding ! by Dolphinzilla · · Score: 4, Insightful

    And you guys thought Julian had a big ego before - honestly, the only way I'd ever waste a dime on this movie would be if Jim Carey played the lead role, and they did it as a comedy

  4. Are Wikileaks actually making anything? by a+Flatbed+Darkly · · Score: 5, Interesting

    They're claiming the film rights from an unofficial biographer who, as far as I have heard, did not pay Assange or Wikileaks royalties, and only according to rumour paid them a one-time payment - in short, a biographer who may have paid Assange nothing. They're not claiming the film rights from Assange, or from Wikileaks, or from the Sunshine Press, or from any associated organization or person. Unless Assange or Wikileaks step in, they won't be making a penny and we'll have one more shitty current-events movie.

  5. License to Leak by PolygamousRanchKid+ · · Score: 4, Funny

    'The Most Dangerous Man in the World' ?

    "My name is Assange. Julian Assange. I have a license to leak."

    In the film he gets not one, but two Bond, oh, I mean two Assange girls. But then they accuse him of rape, and the film's plot goes downhill from there.

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  6. This is the movie we should have had last year... by damn_registrars · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Instead of a movie about a wealthy kid making absurd amounts of money by selling snake oil. I love that the MSM became so enamored with facebook that Time magazine named facebook kid "person of the year" in spite of the fact that Julian Assange had 10 times the number of votes.

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  7. bad idea by initialE · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Whatever happened to waiting until the story is over to tell the tale? History used to be written by the winners, not by the ones vested in getting their opinion turned into the "correct" one.

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  8. Assange'e ego by FrankHS · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I have heard a lot of people say that Assange has a big ego, is a narcissist etc. But when I actually listen to him speak he strikes me as a level headed guy.

    Why do so many people think he has a big ego?

    1. Re:Assange'e ego by countertrolling · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Why do so many people think he has a big ego?

      That's the press talking. If he doesn't grant an interview, they get all pissed off and start making shit up to try to make him come out and deny, or whatever. Old trick.

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    2. Re:Assange'e ego by ScentCone · · Score: 4, Interesting

      But when I actually listen to him speak he strikes me as a level headed guy.

      Don't listen to what he says (or how he says it). Watch what he does (and doesn't do). Note the number of former associates/co-workers who've shared his stated purpose but found themselves highly annoyed by his condescending behavior towards them. Note his comments about how the papers he's giving the stolen documents to have to release them according to his plans, because "he owns them." He's all about him.

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  9. The script ... by PPH · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... is already up. Posted on the State department's web site.

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  10. Re:Julian Assange by c6gunner · · Score: 4, Funny

    Can't wait for the sex-scene!