Thompson on Hollywood: Josh Singer Talks Challenges of Tackling WikiLeaks Drama 'The Fifth Estate' --and What He Left Out

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Josh Singer Talks Challenges of Tackling WikiLeaks Drama 'The Fifth Estate' --and What He Left Out Oct 17th 2013, 01:10, by Anne Thompson Written by Josh Singer and directed by Bill Condon, Dreamworks biopic "The Fifth Estate" (October 18), which opened the Toronto International Film Festival to mixed reviews, is nothing if not ambitious. It's demanding and challenging because it's the rare studio movie--supervised closely by DreamWorks chief Stacey Snider--that is willing to deal with one of the pressing issues of our time: the ways the digital revolution and the internet are changing how we exchange and share information.  Check out our interview with screenwriter Singer, who got his start right out of Harvard Law School with John Wells on "The West Wing" and went on to write "Fringe" and other TV series. He talks about the fascinating real-life personality at the center of the action, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, whose many skills include playing the media. His latest move was to appear on Skype with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, blasting the film, telling the HFPA it was... Media files: the-fifth-estate.jpg (image/jpeg)

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