PRODUCTION BEGINS ON DREAMWORKS’
WIKILEAKS PROJECT “THE FIFTH ESTATE”
Dreamworks Studios announced the start of production on their newest project "The Fifth Estate" today. The newest drama from Disney/Dreamworks Studios is scheduled to open in theaters November 15, 2013.
LOS ANGELES, CA (January 23, 2013) -
Principal photography has begun on the WikiLeaks drama “The Fifth
Estate,” it was announced today by DreamWorks Studios. The film about
the controversial website stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Julian Assange
and Daniel Brühl as Daniel Domscheit-Berg, as well as Laura Linney,
Anthony Mackie, David Thewlis, Peter Capaldi, Dan Stevens, Alicia
Vikander and Carice van Houten.
“The
Fifth Estate” will open in U.S. theaters on November 15, 2013 and be
distributed domestically by Disney’s Touchstone label. Distribution
internationally will be split among Disney, DreamWorks partner Reliance,
and deals made through the studio’s partnership with Mister Smith
Entertainment.
Joining
DreamWorks as a co-financier on “The Fifth Estate” is Participant
Media. This will be the fifth collaboration between the two companies
who previously partnered on Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln,” the 2011
Academy Award-winning smash “The Help,” “The Kite Runner” and “The
Soloist.” With a focus on real issues that shape our lives, Participant
creates social action and advocacy programs to transform the impact of
the media experience into individual and community action. Some of
their other films include “An Inconvenient Truth,” “Good Night, and Good
Luck,” “Food, Inc.,” “Charlie Wilson’s War,” “Waiting for ‘'Superman,’”
“The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” and the current Academy Award nominee
for Best Foreign Language Film, “No.”
Bill
Condon (“Kinsey,” “Dreamgirls,” "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn")
will direct “The Fifth Estate” from a screenplay by Josh Singer (TV’s
“Fringe,” “The West Wing”), based on “Inside WikiLeaks: My Time with
Julian Assange at the World’s Most Dangerous Website” by Daniel
Domscheit-Berg and “WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange’s War on Secrecy”
by David Leigh and Luke Harding. The producers are Steve Golin and
Michael Sugar, with Participant’s Jeff Skoll and Jonathan King joining
Richard Sharkey as executive producers. “The Fifth Estate” is a
coproduction between Afterworks and FBO, with Hilde De Laere
co-producing for FBO. The film is supported by the Belgian Tax
Shelter for Audiovisual Production.
Said
director Bill Condon, “It may be decades before we understand the full
impact of WikiLeaks and how it's revolutionized the spread of
information. So this film won't claim any long view authority on its
subject, or attempt any final judgment. We want to explore the
complexities and challenges of transparency in the information age and,
we hope, enliven and enrich the conversations WikiLeaks has already
provoked.”
DreamWorks Studios is a motion picture company formed in 2009 and led by Steven Spielberg and Stacey Snider in partnership with The Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group. The company’s recent releases include Spielberg's "Lincoln," starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field and Tommy Lee Jones. The film has grossed over $150 million at the U.S. box office and has been nominated for twelve Academy awards including Best Picture and Best Director. Other releases include “Real Steel,” starring Hugh Jackman and directed by Shawn Levy, Steven Spielberg’s “War Horse,” based on Michael Morpurgo’s award-winning book and was nominated for six Academy Awards including Best Picture, and “The Help,” which resonated with audiences around the country and earned over $200 million at the box office and received four Academy Award nominations with Octavia Spencer winning one for Best Supporting Actress. Upcoming films include the comedy "Delivery Man," starring Vince Vaughn, the WikiLeaks drama "The Fifth Estate," and car racing actioner "Need For Speed."
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