Dustin Hoffman may star in Oliver stone's Edward Snowden film

Dustin Hoffman is set to join Oliver Stone's upcoming drama on Edward Snowden, which will start shooting in January.

The 'Graduate' star is reportedly up for the roles of either a mentor of Snowden's at the NSA or a politician in the film, the New York Post reported.

Hoffman would join star Shailene Woodley, who's currently in talks to play Snowden's girlfriend, with Joseph Gordon-Levitt in the lead role.

The film is based on two books, Luke Harding's "The Snowden Files: The Inside Story of the World's Most Wanted Man" and an upcoming novel by Snowden's attorney Anatoly Kucherena.