Joseph Gordon-Levitt to lead in new Oliver Stone NSA Film

According to sources, actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt will play Edward Snowden in a movie directed by Oliver Stone about the former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor who blew the whistle on the U.S. government’s mass surveillance programs. The casting choice has been rumored since September, but was finally confirmed today, just two months before the film is set to begin.

Oliver Stone, who won best director Oscars for "Platoon" and "Born on the Fourth of July," has written the screenplay based on two books - "The Snowden Files: The Inside Story of the World's Most Wanted Man" by Luke Harding and "Time of the Octopus" by Anatoly Kucherena. Gordon-Levitt, 33, most recently directed and starred in "Don Jon" and has acted in high-profile films "Lincoln," "The Dark Knight Rises" and "Inception."