Friday, November 30, 2012

James McAvoy Chooses X-Men Over Julian Assange By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on Thursday, November 29th, 2012 (BBC AMERICA)



So you know we’ve been running a few blog posts about Benedict Cumberbatch and his current bid to take over all the jobs in the world of TV, audio and movies by 2014? One of the projects that he’s reported to be involved in is Bill Condon’s retelling of the recent dramatic events in the life of Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks who currently resides in the Ecuarorian embassy in London, fighting extradition to Sweden to face charges of sexual assault.

Benedict is due to play Julian, with James McAvoy taking the role of the German writer and activist Daniel Domscheit-Berg, the author of the book Inside Wikileaks: My Time With Julian Assange at the World’s Most Dangerous Website, on which the film is partially based.

READ MORE: http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2012/11/james-mcavoy-chooses-x-men-over-julian-assange/

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