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Who Should Write, Direct, and Star in the Inevitable News of the World Movie?

Photo: Indigo/2010 Indigo
CHELTENHAM, UNITED KINGDOM - MARCH 18: (EMBARGOED FOR PUBLICATION IN UK NEWSPAPERS UNTIL 48 HOURS AFTER CREATE DATE AND TIME) Rebekah Brooks (formerly Wade) and Rupert Murdoch attend day 3 of the Cheltenham Horse Racing Festival on March 18, 2010 in Cheltenham, England. (Photo by Indigo/Getty Images)
Rebekah Brooks and Rupert Murdoch. Photo: Indigo/2010 Indigo

It’s still not clear what the total fallout will be from Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World phone-hacking scandal. A reckoning for News Corp? Some serious jail time for key players? The complete dismantling of England’s tabloid industry? One thing has become abundantly clear, though: This is going to make a fantastic movie. Who should play whom, and who should write and direct? Should this be a Social Network reunion for Sorkin and Fincher? The perfect ethics lesson for George Clooney and Steven Soderbergh to sink their teeth into? And who can project the appropriate growliness of Murdoch? What about Rebekah Brooks?

Who Should Write, Direct, and Star in the Inevitable News of the World Movie?