Between all the direct-to-video movies he makes, Nicolas Cage will find time to work with his World Trade Center director again. He will star in Oliver Stone’s Edward Snowden movie.
Cage will play a former U.S. intelligence official, notes TheWrap. Producers on the film, including Moritz Borman, Philip Schulz-Deyle and Eric Kopeloff, did not give any further details on the role.
The project, simply titled Snowden, will get an awards-friendly Christmas Day release. The film stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt as the title character, who leaked documents revealing the secret programs run by the National Security Agency.
Other stars in the film include Shailene Woodley, Melissa Leo, Zachary Quinto, Tom Wilkinson, Rhys Ifans, Timothy Olyphant and Joely Richardson.
Production will start in Munich in May. Stone will film on location around the world.
Open Road Films and Endgame will release Snowden in the U.S. Pathe Films is producing and will handle distribution in France and the Benelux countries. Wild Bunch has remaining international rights.
CitizenFour, Laura Poitras documentary about Snowden, won the Best Documentary Feature Oscar last night.
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