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Production Begins on DreamWorks Pictures WikiLeaks Project THE FIFTH ESTATE

January 24, 2013 By Emily 12 Comments

Anytime I see Anthony Mackie is going to be in a film I get pretty excited.

Anthony Mackie

Having actually had the opportunity to meet and interview Anthony Mackie was a once in a lifetime opportunity, and it always makes me happy to see him in a new movie.  He has been so busy lately (as he is a great actor), and now he will be co-starring the in the new DreamWorks film based on the WikiLeaks event!

 

The Fifth Estate

 

DreamWorks announced today that they started filming “The Fifth Estate.” a film about the WikiLeaks drama.  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.

 

Following Daniel Domscheit-Berg (Brühl), an early supporter and eventual colleague of Julian Assange (Cumberbatch), “The Fifth Estate” traces the heady, early days of WikiLeaks, culminating in the release of a series of controversial and history changing information leaks.  The website’s overnight success brought instant fame to its principal architects and transformed the flow of information to news media and the world at large.

 

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.”

With a story line based on an event that changed the internet, and a fantastic cast line-up you can bet I will be making time to see this film!

 

DreamWorks Studios can be found on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/DreamWorksStudios and on Twitter at http://twitter.com/dw_studios.

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Emily is a wife & mom living in Las Vegas. The owner and writer at Our Knight Life, Emily loves sharing her two adorable boys and journey through motherhood. Emily has run four half marathons to date and is always training for her next big race. She also enjoys creating healthy recipes for her family and sharing family friendly product reviews.

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Comments

  1. Meghan @JaMonkey says

    January 24, 2013 at 1:01 pm

    Can’t believe how fast movies get made after the story leaves the media.

    Reply
  2. Kelly @ A Girl Worth Saving says

    January 24, 2013 at 3:54 pm

    Wow, that movies is going to be interesting.

    Reply
  3. Vanessa: the queen of swag ! says

    January 24, 2013 at 7:01 pm

    I loved Anthony. So glad he’s in this film.

    Reply
  4. Notorious Spinks says

    January 24, 2013 at 8:35 pm

    I can’t wait to see this.

    Reply
  5. HilLesha says

    January 25, 2013 at 3:58 am

    I don’t believe I ever heard of him (I watch too much cheesy B-rated stuff), but this sounds interesting!

    Reply
  6. Jenn @therebelchick says

    January 25, 2013 at 1:06 pm

    Now that is going to be one interesting movie!

    Reply
  7. Tricia Nightowlmama says

    January 25, 2013 at 11:37 pm

    Excited about this one and i can’t wait to see previews and clips

    Reply
  8. Theresa says

    January 26, 2013 at 6:14 pm

    This looks like a great movie. Dreamworks is on a roll lately.

    Reply
  9. Kathleen says

    January 26, 2013 at 7:38 pm

    Sounds like an interesting film.

    Reply
  10. Lolo says

    January 26, 2013 at 9:15 pm

    Yay Anthony Mackie!

    Reply
  11. Ty @ Mama of 3 Munchkins says

    January 26, 2013 at 10:37 pm

    Sounds like a great movie!

    Reply
  12. Colleen says

    January 27, 2013 at 5:55 pm

    He was HILARIOUS!!! Love him!

    Reply

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