It’s confirmed: Joseph Gordon-Levitt will play Edward Snowden in the untitled Oliver Stone/Edward Snowden project which Open Road Films and Endgame Entertainment are teaming up to deliver domestically in theaters. Stone wrote the script based on the books The Snowden Files and Time of the Octopus and will direct.
The still-untitled project is expected to start shooting early next year.
“After working with Oliver on W, I am thrilled to be back in business with him, along with Joseph Gordon-Levitt, the filmmmaking team and Endgame Entertainment, on this exciting project,” stated Tom Ortenberg, CEO of Open Road Films.
“Oliver and I were overwhelmed by the reaction to the screenplay from all quarters but, in the end, the enthusiasm from Tom & [James D. Stern, CEO of Endgame Entertainment] and the distribution case they made, convinced us that the film would be in the perfect hands,” added producer Moritz Borman. “This film needs an independent in the true sense, where political pressures will not come into play.”
Gordon-Levitt’s film credits include Don Jon (which he also directed), Lincoln, Looper, and The Dark Knight Rises.
