Cumberbatch lined up to play Assange in new movie

Benedict Cumberbatch is being lined up to play WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in a new movie.

The 'Sherlock' actor - who recently made a break into Hollywood in movies including 'War Horse' and 'Star Trek Into Darkness' - is being lined up by DreamWorks to play the controversial character, with Joel Kinnaman playing Daniel Domscheit-Berg, according to Deadline.com