Open Road Films has released the teaser trailer for "Snowden," filmmaker Oliver Stone's biographical drama about "the most wanted man in the world," NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.

Based on Luke Harding's "The Snowden Files" and Anatoly Kucherena's upcoming "Times of the Octopus," the film stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Snowden, the former CIA employee and government contractor who in 2013 leaked classified information from the National Security Agency.

Opening Dec. 25, "Snowden" also stars Zachary Quinto, Shailene Woodley, Melissa Leo and Tom Wilkinson.