Report: DreamWorks buys rights to WikiLeaks books
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A British newspaper says Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks Studio has bought screen rights to its book about WikiLeaks and its founder, Julian Assange.
The Guardian says DreamWorks has optioned "WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange's War on Secrecy" by Guardian journalists David Leigh and Luke Harding, as well as "Inside WikiLeaks" by site defector Daniel Domscheit-Berg.
Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger described the proposed film Thursday as "Woodward and Bernstein meets Stieg Larsson meets Jason Bourne. Plus the odd moment of sheer farce."
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}No writer, director or cast have been lined up.
The Guardian worked with WikiLeaks to publish thousands of U.S. military documents and diplomatic cables, but later fell out with the secret-spilling site.