New Poster For THE FIFTH ESTATE Features Benedict Cumberbatch And Daniel Brühl

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Posted by Michelle McCue
August 19th, 2013 at 1:58 pm

The story begins as WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (Benedict Cumberbatch) and his colleague Daniel Domscheit-Berg (Daniel Brühl) team up to become underground watchdogs of the privileged and powerful. On a shoestring, they create a platform that allows whistleblowers to anonymously leak covert data, shining a light on the dark recesses of government secrets and corporate crimes. Soon, they are breaking more hard news than the world’s most legendary media organizations combined. But when Assange and Berg gain access to the biggest trove of confidential intelligence documents in U.S. history, they battle each other and a defining question of our time: what are the costs of keeping secrets in a free society—and what are the costs of exposing them?”

A dramatic thriller based on real events, THE FIFTH ESTATE reveals the quest to expose the deceptions and corruptions of power that turned an Internet upstart into the 21st century’s most fiercely debated organization.

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Benedict Cumberbatch's Julian Assange biopic moved forward to October Published Tuesday, May 21 2013, 11:31am EDT | By Emma Dibdin (DIGITAL SPY)

Previously set for a November release in the US, The Fifth Estate will now open on October 11.

Directed by Bill Condon (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn), the drama centres on the relationship between Assange and Domscheit-Berg, which became increasingly fraught as WikiLeaks' influence grew.

Josh Singer's script is partially based on Domscheit-Berg's book, Inside WikiLeaks: My Time with Julian Assange at the World's Most Dangerous Website.

Assange was initially hostile towards the film, describing it as "a massive propaganda attack". However, he has reportedly reconsidered his position since making contact with Cumberbatch via email.

READ MORE: http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/news/a483379/benedict-cumberbatchs-julian-assange-biopic-moved-forward-to-october.html

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/