By James Doleman

Sony pictures has announced that that George Clooney is to direct a feature film about the UK phone-hacking scandal based on the book “hack-attack” by Guardian journalist Nick Davies.

Davies told The Drum that Clooney was “wired up” about making the film and. revealed that he had been speaking to the Hollywood star about the issue for over three years. He said that Clooney’s interest was sparked by the fact his father was a journalist, “he gets it” the reporter said.

The book catalogues Davies six year fight to expose the scale of illegal practices at the, now defunct, News of Read full story ›

Source: The Drum