What the upcoming WikiLeaks movies has in store for you?

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Date: Sat, 14 May 2011 Time: 4:49 AM

WikiLeaks movies have been in much news in the recent times. There are a plethora of upcoming WikiLeaks films that can be enjoyed by all. It has been observed that a large number of people enjoy watching the WikiLeaks movies. It will be truly interesting to observe if these upcoming films will be able to affect the people or change the overall scenario of politics.

In fact, DreamWorks has come into limelight on the official front to turn the saga of WikiLeaks and Julian Assange into a movie. This studio has actually acquired the rights to 2 books that are important and popular players in the drama of WikiLeaks. DreamWorks has further secured the screen rights of “Inside WikiLeaks: My Time With Julian Assange at the World’s Most Dangerous Website”, which is a book by the very popular Daniel Domscheit-Berg. He is the former top executive of WikiLeaks who was defected as he wished the site to exercise some journalistic discretion rather than the document dump which occurred.

Further, Universal Pictures will even provide the finances and distribute one documentary by Alex Gibney on the WikiLeaks and Assange episode and this movie will be produced by Alex himself along with former chairman of Universal Pictures, Marc Shmuger. Even HBO is found to be communicating with BBC in order to collaborate on a WikiLeaks movie that will be based partly on the article ‘No Secrets: Julian Assange’s Mission for Total Transparency. Also, Zodiak will be seen distributing another documentary called “WikiLeaks: War, Lies and Videotape”

At the start of the year 2011, it was actually declared that HBO is soon making a film about Assange. This film will be the direct-to-television one and will be based on the article by Raffi Khatchadourian and will lay emphasis on Assange’s life before as well as during the era of WikiLeaks.

It was even news that Alex Gibney and Marc Shmuger will make a movie together under Universal Studios banner. The duo decalred at Sundance that Universal Studios optioned some book and will be soon co-producing the WikiLeaks movie. This is indeed a great twist for the studio that it is producing some project. It refers that the unnamed documentary will get big budget treatment instead of the simple indie-style fame. It further means that politics of piece will soon be tied up in the politics of Universal Studios for worse or better.

Various WikiLeaks film, movie as well as video projects regarding Julian Assange are now coming up that in fact lists the rise of the site. From revolt faced in Egypt and Tunisia to politically charged sexual issue in Sweden, the plot and story of the WikiLeaks movies engage artist curiosity as well as the intellect together. Some acclaimed filmmakers and movie studios are involved in WikiLeaks movies and a large number of actors are in running.

So if you want to see that these upcoming WikiLeaks films make the site look good or bad, stay tuned.

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