Oliver Stone to base Edward Snowden bio on “Time of The Octopus” novelJune 11, 2014 - 15:35 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Oliver Stone is to base his biopic about Edward Snowden on a novel by the American whistleblower's Russian lawyer, Digital Spy said. Time of The Octopus, by Anatoly Kucherena, will be published later this year and centres on a US whistleblower who flees to Russia where he meets a lawyer and looks back on his life. Stone and his producing partner Moritz Borman have bought the movie rights to Kucherena's novel and will also adapt The Snowden Files, a book about Snowden and the NSA scandal written by Luke Harding. The director said in a statement: "Anatoly has written a 'grand inquisitor'-style Russian novel weighing the soul of his fictional whistle-blower, Joshua Cold, against the gravity of a '1984' tyranny that has achieved global proportions. "His meditations on the meaning of totalitarian power in the 21st century make for a chilling, prescient horror story." Kucherena added: "The more I engaged in the Edward Snowden case, the more I was impressed by his story. To understand Edward and his actions, I had to 'tune to his wavelength' and try to balance between the rational and intuitive perception of his world. "Having experienced these incredible sensations, I realised that I had to write about them, but only in the form of a novel that would not claim any sophisticated philosophical conclusions." Stone's previous films include Platoon, JFK and W. He has also made documentaries on Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez, and a TV series called Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States in 2012. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Government reveals details from Pashinyan’s meeting in border village Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with a group of residents of a border village in Armenia’s northern Tavush province Narek Manasyan wins European Boxing Championships silver for Armenia Armenia’s Narek Manasyan (92kg) won Armenia’s second silver medal at the European Boxing Championships 2024 on April 28. Blinken urges Azerbaijan to continue negotiations with Armenia Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has urged Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to continue negotiations with Armenia. Pashinyan, Blinken talk Armenia-U.S. ties over the phone Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on April 28, Pashinyan’s office reports. |