George Clooney has said he will get behind the camera to direct a film on the phone-hacking scandal.

The film star, who has previously directed movies including this year's Monuments Men, will bring journalist Nick Davies' book Hack Attack to the big screen, with shooting scheduled to begin next year.

The 53-year-old, who is the son of journalist Nick Clooney and is engaged to London-based lawyer lawyer Amal Alamuddin, said he is delighted to be involved in the film which will focus on the scandal that engulfed Rupert Murdoch's news empire.