Coming this fall is a new film from DreamWorks and Reliance Entertainment, in association with Participant Media called The Fifth Estate.
Usually I go for comedies and horror movies, maybe even a mushy tear-jerker. I’m not one to have interest in a political drama, but I must say, this film does look interesting and thrilling.
Triggering our age of high-stakes secrecy, explosive news leaks and the trafficking of classified information, WikiLeaks forever changed the game. Now, in 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. 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?”
Check out the trailer.
The Fifth Estate stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Daniel Brühl, Anthony Mackie, David Thewlis, Alicia Vikander, Peter Capaldi, Carice van Houten, Dan Stevens, with Stanley Tucci and Laura Linney.
The film is based on the books “Inside WikiLeaks” by Daniel Domscheit-Berg, and the Guardian book “WikiLeaks” by David Leigh and Luke Harding. I have never heard of either book before. I might just have to check them out at the library.
The film does not yet have an official website but you can follow it on Facebook and Twitter.
What do you think of the film? Does it look like something you’d like to check out in the theater when it’s released? Have you read either of the books? Feel free to comment.
Kimberly
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Robin Wilson says
Another great clip and movie! This is not necessarily my kind of movie, but it has my son and hubby written all over it! It would be nice for them to go to a movie together. My son has just told us that he will be moving into his own place before Christmas and I know that means time with us will come to a screeching halt. Hope he will take time out for dad!