<sod>Stone began meeting Edward Snowden on January 2014.<ref name="meetings">{{cite web|url=http://m.rrstar.com/news/20160906/oliver-stone-gets-controversial-again-with-snowden|title=Oliver Stone gets controversial (again) with ‘Snowden’|author= Ed Symkus|work=Register Star|date=September 6, 2016|accessdate=September 7, 2016}}</ref> At first, Snowden was wary about the idea of turning his life into a film. Stone went to meet Snowden for two more times than in late May of that year,<ref name="meetings"/> Snowden finally agreed about the idea and even decided to take part. Although he became involved in the project, he was given no script approval, nor did he receive any payment for the film. Payment was instead given to ''[[The Guardian]]''.<ref name="Q&A">{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oliver-stone-edward-snowden-america-925611|title=Oliver Stone on Edward Snowden: "America Is Fed Bullshit and We Buy It" (Q&A)|author=Stephen Galloway|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=September 7, 2016|accessdate=September 7, 2016}}</ref> Snowden had seen a piece of ''[[Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States]]'' and was fascinated by it.<ref name="Q&A"/> Columbia Pictures already had the rights to Greenwald's book on the case.<ref name="reveal"/><eod>
<sod>Stone began meeting Edward Snowden on January 2014.<ref name="meetings">{{cite web|url=http://m.rrstar.com/news/20160906/oliver-stone-gets-controversial-again-with-snowden|title=Oliver Stone gets controversial (again) with ‘Snowden’|author= Ed Symkus|work=Register Star|date=September 6, 2016|accessdate=September 7, 2016}}</ref> At first, Snowden was wary about the idea of turning his life into a film. Stone went to meet Snowden for two more times then in late May of that year,<ref name="meetings"/> Snowden finally agreed about the idea and even decided to take part. Although he became involved in the project, he was given no script approval, nor did he receive any payment for the film. Payment was instead given to ''[[The Guardian]]''.<ref name="Q&A">{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oliver-stone-edward-snowden-america-925611|title=Oliver Stone on Edward Snowden: "America Is Fed Bullshit and We Buy It" (Q&A)|author=Stephen Galloway|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=September 7, 2016|accessdate=September 7, 2016}}</ref> Snowden had seen a piece of ''[[Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States]]'' and was fascinated by it.<ref name="Q&A"/> Columbia Pictures already had the rights to Greenwald's book on the case.<ref name="reveal"/><eod>