Now a film on Panama papers leak in Hollywood?

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Press Trust of India London
Last Updated : Apr 21 2016 | 7:50 PM IST
A film on the Panama papers, based on the forthcoming book "Secrecy World" by Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Jake Bernstein, is being shopped around in Hollywood.
The massive leak of 11.5 million tax documents, investigated by more than 100 media groups, has revealed the hidden off-shore dealings in the assets of wealthy people including world leaders and celebrities.
Exposes like Panama papers always attract Hollywood attention as most recently "Spotlight", a film based on the journalists who uncovered a conspiracy surrounding the Catholic church's cover-up of paedophile priests in Boston, won the best picture Oscar this year.
Bernstein says the investigation by International Consortium of Investigative Journalists in the leaks, shows the power of collaborative journalism, reported the Guardian
"For the first time we have an opportunity to see the secrecy world from deep inside. Just as powerfully, the Panama Papers heralds a new dawn of collaborative journalism whose impact is only beginning," said Bernstein in a statement about the book.
The book will come out in the latter half of 2017, but producers and studios are already being approached about film rights.
"Secrecy World" will be an account of the story behind the leak of documents that has implicated public figures from around the globe for their use of offshore tax regimes.
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First Published: Apr 21 2016 | 7:50 PM IST

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