Snowden (film)

Snowden

Teaser poster
Directed by Oliver Stone
Produced by Moritz Borman
Eric Kopeloff
Philip Schulz-Deyle
Fernando Sulichin
Written by Kieran Fitzgerald
Oliver Stone
Based on The Snowden Files 
by Luke Harding
Time of the Octopus 
by Anatoly Kucherena
Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Shailene Woodley
Melissa Leo
Zachary Quinto
Tom Wilkinson
Rhys Ifans
Nicolas Cage
Music by Craig Armstrong
Cinematography Anthony Dod Mantle
Edited by Alex Marquez
Lee Percy
Production
companies
Endgame Entertainment
KrautPack Entertainment
Onda Entertainment
Vendian Entertainment
Distributed by Open Road Films
Release dates
  • May 13, 2016 (2016-05-13) (United States)
Country United States
Language English
Budget $50 million

Snowden is an upcoming American biographical political thriller film directed by Oliver Stone and written by Stone and Kieran Fitzgerald. The film is based on the book The Snowden Files by Luke Harding. The film stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Scott Eastwood, Melissa Leo, Timothy Olyphant, Zachary Quinto, Nicolas Cage and Tom Wilkinson. Filming began on February 16, 2015 in Munich, Germany. Snowden is scheduled to be released in North America on May 13, 2016, by Open Road Films.

Plot

The true story follows Edward Snowden, an American computer professional who leaked classified information from the National Security Agency (NSA) to The Guardian in June 2013.

Cast

Production

Development

On June 2, 2014, it was announced that Oliver Stone and Moritz Borman acquired the rights to the nonfiction book The Snowden Files by Luke Harding, and that Stone would write and direct a film based on it.[1] On June 10, 2014, Stone acquired the rights to another book, Time of the Octopus by Anatoly Kucherena. Stone would use both books as the sources to write his screenplay.[2] On November 6, 2014, Open Road Films acquired the U.S. rights to the film, while Wild Bunch was set to handle foreign sales.[3] Deadline confirmed on November 10, 2014 that Endgame Entertainment had boarded the film to produce.[4] In April 2015, WikiLeaks revealed that Stone paid $700,000 for the rights to Harding's book and $1 million for rights to Kucherena's novel.[5]

Casting

On September 21, 2014, Joseph Gordon-Levitt was in talks to play Edward Snowden, the American computer professional who leaked classified information from the National Security Agency (NSA) to the mainstream media starting in June 2013.[6] On November 10, 2014, news confirmed that Levitt would be starring in the lead role.[7] On November 14, 2014, Shailene Woodley was in final talks to join the film to play Snowden's girlfriend, Lindsay Mills.[8] On February 2, 2015, Scott Eastwood joined the cast to play an NSA agent.[9] On February 4, 2015, three more actors joined the cast; Melissa Leo will play documentary filmmaker Laura Poitras, Zachary Quinto will play Glenn Greenwald, the journalist chosen by Snowden to leak sensitive information, and Tom Wilkinson will play Ewen MacAskill, defense and intelligence correspondent for The Guardian, who helped report the Snowden story.[10] On February 13, 2015, Variety reported that Ben Schnetzer had also joined the film.[11] On February 19, 2015, Timothy Olyphant joined the film to star as a CIA agent who befriended Snowden before he fled to Russia,[12] and Rhys Ifans and Joely Richardson were added to the cast of the film on February 20, 2015.[13] Nicolas Cage also signed on to play the role of a former US Intelligence official on February 23, 2015.[14] Keith Stanfield was added to the cast on February 25, 2015 to play a National Security Administration co-worker and a close friend to Snowden.[15]

Filming

Filming began on February 16, 2015 in Munich, Germany.[16] Shooting was underway in Washington, D.C. in early-April.[17] Shooting in Hawaii began on April 15th and lasted until April 18th. The house used to film is on the same street Edward Snowden lived on. At the end of April, Hong Kong press reported that crews started filming in The Mira Hong Kong, followed by outdoor filming in some old buildings in To Kwa Wan.[18] Shooting lasted until mid-May.[13]

Release

On February 20, 2015, Open Road Films set the film for a December 25, 2015 domestic release.[13] Pathé would release the film in France on December 30, 2015 and Universum Film would release in Germany on January 7, 2016.[13] However, in September 2015, Open Road moved the film from its Christmas Day release date to 2016. The studio did not give reasons for the delay, however The Hollywood Reporter reported that maybe it was because the film was not finished yet.[19] On October 7, 2015, the film was set for a May 13, 2016 release.[20]

References

  1. ↑ Kemp, Stuart (June 2, 2014). "Oliver Stone to Direct Edward Snowden Film". hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved February 21, 2015.
  2. ↑ Kemp, Stuart (June 10, 2014). "Oliver Stone Options Novel by Edward Snowden's Russian Lawyer". hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved February 21, 2015.
  3. ↑ McClintock, Pamela (November 6, 2014). "Oliver Stone's Edward Snowden Film Fails to Find Major Studio Home". hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved February 6, 2015.
  4. ↑ Fleming Jr, Mike (November 10, 2014). "Oliver Stone's Edward Snowden Movie Acquired By Open Road & Endgame – Update". deadline.com. Retrieved February 6, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Press Release". WikiLeaks. April 16, 2015. Retrieved April 16, 2015.
  6. ↑ Fleming Jr, Mike (September 21, 2014). "Joseph Gordon-Levitt Circling Edward Snowden Role In Oliver Stone Film". deadline.com. Retrieved February 6, 2015.
  7. ↑ Alter, Charlotte (November 10, 2014). "Joseph Gordon-Levitt Will Play Edward Snowden in New Movie". time.com. Retrieved February 6, 2015.
  8. ↑ Siegel, Tatiana (November 14, 2014). "Shailene Woodley in Talks to Star in Oliver Stone's Snowden Film (Exclusive)". hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved February 6, 2015.
  9. ↑ Patten, Dominic (February 2, 2015). "Scott Eastwood Joins Oliver Stone's Edward Snowden Pic". deadline.com. Retrieved February 6, 2015.
  10. ↑ Sneider, Jeff (February 4, 2015). "Melissa Leo, Zachary Quinto, Tom Wilkinson to Play ‘Citizenfour’ Trio in Oliver Stone’s Edward Snowden Movie (Exclusive)". thewrap.com. Retrieved February 6, 2015.
  11. ↑ Kroll, Justin (February 13, 2015). "'Pride' Actor Joins Oliver Stone's Edward Snowden Film". variety.com. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
  12. ↑ Fleming Jr, Mike (February 19, 2015). "Timothy Olyphant Follows 'Justified' With Oliver Stone's Edward Snowden Film". deadline.com. Retrieved February 21, 2015.
  13. 1 2 3 4 McNary, Dave (February 20, 2015). "Oliver Stone's 'Snowden' Set for Christmas Release in U.S.". variety.com. Retrieved February 21, 2015.
  14. ↑ Jaafar, Ali (February 23, 2015). "Nicolas Cage Joins Oliver Stone's 'Snowden'". deadline.com. Retrieved February 23, 2015.
  15. ↑ Patten, Dominic (February 25, 2015). "Oliver Stone's 'Snowden' Pic Adds 'Straight Outta Compton' Actor". deadline.com. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
  16. ↑ "On The Set For 2/16/15: David O. Russell Starts Lensing 'Joy', 'Maze Runner 2' Wraps & More". ssninsider.com. February 16, 2015. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
  17. ↑ "New Photo of Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Shailene Woodley in Snowden". comingsoon.net. April 6, 2015. Retrieved April 7, 2015.
  18. ↑ "Hollywood film "Snowden" crews have arrived Hong Kong for shooting". Local Press Hong Kong (in Hong Kong Chinese) (Hong Kong: Local Press). 2015-04-27. Retrieved 2015-04-28.
  19. ↑ Tatiana Siegel (September 14, 2015). "Oliver Stone's 'Snowden' Pushed to 2016 (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. (Prometheus Global Media). Retrieved September 14, 2015.
  20. ↑ Busch, Anita (October 7, 2015). "‘Snowden’s’ New Release Date: Early Summer 2016". deadline.com. Retrieved October 29, 2015.

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