George Clooney's hacking movie to be scripted by Theory of Everything writer

George Clooneys big-screen version of Hack Attack, the book by Guardian journalist Nick Davies about the News of the World phone-hacking scandal, will be written by Anthony McCarten, who recently adapted Jane Hawkings memoir

George Clooney has hired the screenwriter of Oscar-tipped Stephen Hawking biopic The Theory of Everything, Anthony McCarten, to write his upcoming film about the News of the World hacking scandal, reports Deadline.



McCarten will adapt the bestselling book Hack Attack by Guardian journalist Nick Davies for the film, which Clooney revealed plans to direct last month. The expose is billed as an account of the phone-hacking scandal that rocked the British establishment and resulted in the closure of the 168-year-old tabloid.

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