DreamWorks has uploaded the teaser trailer for the real events based thriller The Fifth Estate [T5EST] about the founding of WikiLeaks, the Internet upstart that exposed top secret classified information and became a controverisal organization that forever changed the course of world history. Directed by Bill COndon [BCOND], The Fifth Estate opens on October 18th.
The story begins as WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (Benedict Cumberbatch [BCUMB]) and his colleague Daniel Domscheit-Berg (Daniel Brühl [DBRUH]) team up to become underground watchdogs of the privileged and powerful. On a shoestring, they create a platform that allows whistleblowers to anonymously leak covert data, shining a light on the dark recesses of government secrets and corporate crimes. Soon, they are breaking more hard news than the world's most legendary media organizations combined. But when Assange and Berg gain access to the biggest trove of confidential intelligence documents in U.S. history, they battle each other and a defining question of our time: what are the costs of keeping secrets in a free society—and what are the costs of exposing them?"
Tag(s): T5EST, BCOND, BCUMB, DBRUH