By Peter Hall

Two years ago the only people who would recognize the name Edward Snowden were his friends and family. Today he’s widely recognized as the guy who didn’t just blow the lid off of the American government’s internal surveillance programs, but who continues to blow the lid off things the American people don’t know their government is up to. He was, and still is, a bit controversial, to say the least. And as we all know, Hollywood revels in controversy.

The superb, must-see Snowden film Citizen Four already won the Oscar this year for Best Documentary, but don’t expect the cinematic exploration of one of the most important political figures in recent memory to end there. Snowden’s life is also getting the dramatic treatment, from none other than JFK, Born on the Fourth of July, and Wall Street director Oliver Stone. Joseph Gordon-Levitt will be playing the NSA contractor in the film, and today we’ve got our first teaser trailer for it.

The trailer doesn’t actually offer us a look at Gordon-Levitt in the movie (you can see him in the above still, though), but it does set the ominous, conspiratorial tone for what will probably be one of this winter’s most talked about movies.

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Snowden, also starring Shailene Woodley, Scott Eastwood, Melissa Leo, and Nicolas Cage, hits theaters on December 25, 2015.

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