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"Snowden", a film about U.S. whistle-blower Edward Snowden, is bumped from its Christmas Day release to 2016. The thriller drama starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt as the titular character is consequently out of this year's Oscar race.

Open Road has not determined a new release date yet and has not commented on the move. According to THR's sources, the film which also stars Shailene Woodley and Nicolas Cage is not yet completed.

Directed by Oliver Stone, the film gives an inside story of Snowden's deeds and the journalists who faced down the pressure from U.S. and British governments to break a remarkable scoop. Snowden is a young computer genius working for America's National Security Agency who blew the whistle on the way this powerful organization uses new technology to spy on the entire planet.

Even without "Snowden", the Christmas Day slot is already crowded. Quentin Tarantino's "The Hateful Eight" and Leonardo DiCaprio-starrer "The Revenant" are released over the holiday season with highly-anticipated "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" opening a week earlier.

Gordon-Levitt won't miss his chance on getting the golden man. His other film "The Walk", in which he stars as a wire walker, is already generating awards-season buzz for the actor.