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Sony To Make Movie of Edward Snowden Story

Posted by samzenpus on from the leaks-camera-action! dept.

wiredmikey (1824622) writes "Sony Pictures Entertainment has acquired the rights to the new book by journalist Glenn Greenwald about fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden, the studio said Wednesday. James Bond franchise producers Michael Wilson and Barbara Broccoli will make the movie version of 'No Place to Hide,' described as 'a political film that will resonate with today's moviegoers.' The book, subtitled 'Edward Snowden, the NSA and the US Surveillance State,' was just recently published in Britain by Hamish Hamilton and in the United States by Metropolitan Books."

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  1. Got it! by Tablizer · · Score: 5, Funny

    Snowden just gave me a pre-release

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    1. Re:Got it! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Watching the Sony movie installs a new backdoor onto your computer, to be sure you have the digital rights to all Sony movies.

  2. If there was ever a reason to want Michael Bay... by Rinikusu · · Score: 5, Funny

    By itself, neat story, but not something I'd spend $15 to see. Now, add some gratuitous explosions and robots...

    VO: "They wanted him dead. He wanted to live."

    little girl holding a teddy bear: "Daddy, will the bad men come for you?"

    Jean Claude Van Damme as Edward Snowden: "No, sweetie... not with my army they won't..."

    Thousands of little robots come streaming out of his garage, destroying an FBI surveillance van...

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  3. Business as usual or ? by davmoo · · Score: 2, Funny

    So, is Greenwald gonna share any of the money with Snowden, or is he just going to laugh all the way to the bank while Snowden rots in Russia.

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