Joseph Gordon-Levitt to play Edward Snowden in Oliver Stone movie

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Joseph Gordon-Levitt to play Edward Snowden in Oliver Stone movie
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Oliver Stone's latest politically-oriented movie has finally found its star. Stone's upcoming biopic of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden will star Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

The Guardian reports that Stone's screenplay draws inspiration from two books about Snowden: Luke Harding's The Snowden Files and Anatoly Kucherena's Time of the Octopus. The film will begin production in January.

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Scott Meslow
Scott Meslow

Scott Meslow is the entertainment editor for TheWeek.com. He has written about film and television at publications including The Atlantic, POLITICO Magazine, and Vulture.