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Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley and Timothy Olyphant Star in ‘Snowden’

Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Photo by Richard Chavez / Showbiz Junkies)

Open Road Films says filming is now underway on Snowden, director Oliver Stone’s dramatic film based on the books The Snowden Files: The Inside Story of the World’s Most Wanted Man by Luke Harding and Time of the Octopus by Anatoly Kucherena. Joseph Gordon-Levitt is set to play Edward Snowden in the film co-written by Stone and Kieran Fitzgerald.


In addition to Gordon-Levitt, the confirmed cast includes Timothy Olyphant, Shailene Woodley, Melissa Leo, Zachary Quinto, Tom Wilkinson, Rhys Ifans, and Joely Richardson. Moritz Borman, Eric Kopeloff, and Philip Schulz-Deyle are producing.

Open Road Films plans on releasing Snowden in theaters on December 25, 2015. Pathé Films will release the movie in France on December 30, 2015.

This post was last modified on December 8, 2015 8:02 pm

Rebecca Murray: Journalist covering the entertainment industry for 23+ years, including 13 years as the first writer for About.com's Hollywood Movies site. Member of the Critics Choice Association (Film & TV Branches), Alliance of Women Film Journalists, and Past President of the San Diego Film Critics Society.
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