James Bond producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli are moving from fictional spy adventures to real ones. The duo are set to produce a new movie for Sony about NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, based on Glenn Greenwald‘s upcoming tome No Place To Hide: Edward Snowden, The NSA, And The U.S. Surveillance State. Get all the details after the jump.

Sony Pictures announced today that it had acquired the movie rights to Greenwald’s book, just one day after it hit shelves. The deal comes months after the property began making the rounds in Hollywood. Although multiple parties were intrigued, most were scared off by the challenges of recounting a story still unfolding in real time.

Not so Sony. The studio has recently had good luck with high-profile pictures based on very current events, like Captain Phillips, Zero Dark Thirty, Moneyball, and The Social Network. No writer, director, or star is attached to the Edward Snowden movie at this time.

Greenwald worked with Snowden to expose the classified NSA documents, and earned a Pulitzer Prize for his efforts earlier this year. No Place to Hide chronicles his initial contact with Snowden, the consequences of Snowden’s actions, and the implications of the information revealed. Here’s the official synopsis via Amazon: