Actor Benedict Cumberbatch has
signed on to play WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in an upcoming movie about
the whistleblowing website.
The Golden Globe-nominated
"Sherlock" star will take the role of the fugitive boss, who is
currently living under sanctuary at the Ecuador embassy in London as he fights
moves to extradite him to the US and Sweden, reported Daily Express.
The as-yet-untitled movie will be
produced by Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks company.
It will focus on the activities of
those working for the website, which sparked controversy by leaking hundreds of
top secret and classified US military and State department documents since it
was formed in 2006.
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