Steven Soderbergh working on Panama Papers picture

LOS ANGELES, July 7 (UPI) -- Oscar-winning filmmaker Steven Soderbergh is to produce -- and possibly direct -- a movie about the Panama Papers incident, regarded as the largest data leak in corporate and government history.

Lawrence Grey's Grey Matter Productions acquired the feature-film rights to the forthcoming book, Secrecy World, which is being penned by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jake Bernstein.

Grey Matter is teaming with Anonymous Content to develop, finance and produce the film.

"Jake Bernstein was part of the international team of journalists who are members of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists that broke the story of the Panama Papers in April," a press release noted. "More than 11 million records were leaked as a part of the papers sourced from Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca."

Soderbergh's credits include Behind the Candelabra, Traffic, Erin Brockovich and Ocean's Eleven.