DreamWorks has become the latest company to express interest in making a WikiLeaks movie.
The studio has the rights to two books about WikiLeaks and its controversial founder, Julian Assange, TheWrap confirmed Tuesday.
DreamWorks acquired rights to Daniel Domscheit-Berg's "Inside WikiLeaks: My Time with Julian Assange at the World's Most Dangerous Website," and David Leigh and Luke Harding's "WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange's War on Secrecy."
It's early in DreamWorks' process: There's no producer, no director, no script.
In fact, the story itself is ongoing. A British judge has ruled that Assange can be extradited to Sweden, where he is to face a sex crimes inquiry.
Tuesday, a British magazine reported that Assange believes a Jewish-led conspiracy is smearing his organization. In the story, "Private Eye" editor writes that Assange called him to complain about coverage.
Former Universal Pictures Chairman Marc Shmuger and Academy Award-winning director Alex Gibney are producing a documentary about Assange. Josephson Entertainment and Michelle Krumm Productions have optioned a still-to-be-published biography of the WikiLeaks boss, written by the Australian journalist Andrew Fowler.
Management 360, "Hurt Locker" screenwriter Mark Boal and financier Megan Ellisan have optioned a "New York Times Magazine" story about Assange.
Deadline originally reported the story.
