Guess this thing is really happening: Behold, the trailer for The Fifth Estate, the upcoming cinematic take on Wikileaks. It’s heavy on the standing around staring at ~code~ on computer screens and also government types yelling, topped off with a blonde Benedict Cumberbatch doing a not-bad impression of Julian Assange.
Tumblr is, of course, already flooded with GIFs and screencap collages lovingly assembled by Mr. Cumberbatch’s fanatical followers. Can’t wait for the inevitable Sherlock/Wikileaks fanfic crossover:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZT1wb8_tcYU
Not that Wikileaks is appeased by the idea of a crazy-eyed Internet sex symbol playing its ringleader:
"The Fifth Estate" trailer has just been released. Don't be fooled. It implies we gave Iran nukes and killed 2,000 http://t.co/9xs1f0T8il
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) July 17, 2013
Our comments are based on the script used during filming, not, as the dir Bill Condon falsely states an old script (though we have them too)
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) July 17, 2013
Man, people are really gonna flip when they inevitably cast Robert Pattenson in the Edward Snowden biopic.
