James Bond producers take on Snowden

FILE - This June 23, 2013 file photo shows a TV screen shows a news report of Edward Snowden, a former CIA employee who leaked top-secret documents about sweeping U.S. surveillance programs, at a shopping mall in Hong Kong. President Barack Obama brushed aside sharp European criticism on Monday, suggesting all nations spy on each other, as the French and Germans expressed outrage over alleged U.S. eavesdropping on European Union diplomats. American analyst-turned-leaker Edward Snowden, believed to be stranded for the past week at Moscow’s international airport, applied for political asylum to remain in Russia. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)

FILE - This June 23, 2013 file photo shows a TV screen shows a news report of Edward Snowden, a former CIA employee who leaked top-secret documents about sweeping U.S. surveillance programs, at a shopping mall in Hong Kong. President Barack Obama brushed aside sharp European criticism on Monday, suggesting all nations spy on each other, as the French and Germans expressed outrage over alleged U.S. eavesdropping on European Union diplomats. American analyst-turned-leaker Edward Snowden, believed to be stranded for the past week at Moscow’s international airport, applied for political asylum to remain in Russia. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)

Published May 15, 2014

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Los Angeles - The stewards of the James Bond franchise will use their talent for intrigue to produce a movie based on reporter Glenn Greenwald's book about Edward Snowden's leak of top-secret U.S. surveillance documents.

Sony Pictures said on Wednesday that EON Productions' Michael Wilson and Barbara Broccoli will produce the film based on “No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA and the U.S. Surveillance State.”

The book was released for sale on Tuesday.

Sony and EON have been partners on the latest installations of the Bond series including 2012's 'Skyfall'. The next Bond movie, directed by Sam Mendes, is due out next year.

Wilson and Broccoli called Greenwald's story a “terrifying personal account of one of the most relevant political events of our time.”

No release date was set. - Sapa-AP

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