"It has no movie scenes or dialogue, but the trailer for Snowden is aiming to speak volumes," the New York Times observed regarding Oliver Stone's upcoming film adaptation of two books: The Snowden Files: The Inside Story of the World's Most Wanted Man by Luke Harding and Time of the Octopus, a novel by Anatoly Kucherena, Snowden's Russian lawyer. The Times also noted that Edward Snowden "is unseen in this teaser, which primarily relies on dramatic music, text and a powerful symbol." The film is set for a December 25 release.
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For her first English-language film, French director Claire Denis (Beau Travail) will be collaborating on a screenplay with the British novelist Zadie Smith. Screen International reported that "as-yet untitled adventure-sci-fi" project will "take place beyond the solar system in a 'future that seems like the present.' " Smith and her husband, author Nick Laird, are co-writing the script with Denis.
"I am delighted that Claire has been tempted to cross the channel and make a film in English," said producer Oliver Dungey. "She is one of the greats of contemporary cinema and she's assembled a quite extraordinary team to make exactly the kind of ambitious film that audiences cherish--completely original, genuinely pushing the boundaries of art and science and, above all, extremely entertaining."
