It was confirmed on Friday that Cumberbatch will play the WikiLeaks founder in the drama, which is to be directed by Twilight: Breaking Dawn's Bill Condon.
上周五正式确认缺爷将在该片中扮演“维基解密”的创始人，而导演则是刚刚执导了《暮光：破晓》（Twilight: Breaking Dawn）的比尔·康顿（Bill Condon）。
Variety reports that McAvoy is in talks to play Assange's (now former) right-hand man Daniel Domscheit-Berg, who wrote the book – Inside WikiLeaks: My Time With Julian Assange at the World's Most Dangerous Website – upon which the script is partially based.
据《综艺》杂志报道，麦卡沃伊正就扮演阿桑奇的（前任）得力助手丹尼尔·多姆沙伊特- 伯格（Daniel Domscheit-Berg）一事进行商讨。而电影的剧本也有部分基于丹尼尔的《维基解密幕后：我与朱利安·阿桑奇在世界上最危险的网站》（Inside WikiLeaks: My Time With Julian Assange at the World's Most Dangerous Website）一书。
Former The West Wing and Fringe writer Josh Singer penned the script, which is also partially adapted from David Leigh and Luke Harding's book WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange's War on Secrecy.
前《白宫风云》（The West Wing ）和《危机边缘》（Fringe）编剧乔什·辛格尔（ Josh Singer）将执笔该剧剧本，部分改编自大卫·利（David Leigh）和卢克·哈丁（Luke Harding）的《维基解密：朱利安·阿桑奇对机密宣战的背后》（WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange's War on Secrecy）一书。
RoboCop star Joel Kinnaman was previously rumoured to be in talks for the role of Domscheit-Berg, while Jeremy Renner was at one stage interested in playing Assange.The DreamWorks-produced film is expected to go into production next year.
之前曾有谣传《机器战警》（RoboCop）男星乔尔·金纳曼（Joel Kinnaman)正协商出演多姆沙伊特- 伯格一角，而《谍影重重4》男星杰里米·雷纳（Jeremy Renner）也曾有意出演阿桑奇。这部梦工厂电影预计将在明年开始拍摄。