Anthony Mackie set to join Benedict Cumberbatch in WikiLeaks film The Fifth EstatePosted by Wilson Morales
January 23, 2013
Anthony Mackie has been added to the cast of director Bill Condon‘s film, The Fifth Estate, which is about the life of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
Based on the books “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), film about the controversial website stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Julian Assange and Daniel Brühl as Daniel Domscheit-Berg, as well as Laura Linney, 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.
Currently on the big screen in Gangster Squad, Mackie’s upcoming films include The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete, Vipaka, Pain And Gain, A Many Splintered Thing, and Captain America: Winter Soldier.
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