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Who will play Assange in Spielberg's movie?

By Dave Winer on Wednesday, March 02, 2011 at 1:40 PM.

Fascinating news that Steven Spielberg has acquired the movie rights to the Guardian Wikileaks book. Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Spielberg is such a serious director, it's possible his movie might actually capture the substance of Wikileaks, and not be superficial, as, for example -- the Aaron Sorkin version of the Facebook story.  Permanent link to this item in the archive.

This raises the question of who will play Julian Assange? Permanent link to this item in the archive.

I immediately thought of the guy who plays him on Saturday Night Live. Permanent link to this item in the archive.

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I bet Jim Carrey will want the part. Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Who do you think Spielberg will go with? Permanent link to this item in the archive.
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