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more about #benmezrich more comments → applejuice: How the hell are they even going to make a Facebook movie even remotely interesting? Are we going to have to sit and watch people decide whether or no... more » DahlELama: I think I'll hold out for the inevitable sequel--Facebook 2: FarmVille #facebook more » Peter Feld: "You've Got Spam" #facebook more » raincoaster: Seriously, though, most people look hotter than these stars in their Facebook pix. EVERYONE knows how to make the most of their 15 minutes now, even i... more » bythesidewalk: Facebook has taken over much of my life, but I'll never be so involved that I'll see a movie. Except... Justin. #facebook more » Airvault: "...and Max Minghella as Ashton Kutcher!" #facebook more » Penscribe: Wow. No Asians, blacks or hispanics working at Facebook? #facebook more » secretagentman: I don't care who Josh Pence is playing, as long as he's in very little clothing. #facebook more » lobstr: ...and Fyvush Finkel as the stodgy Jewish grandpa who bewilderly asks "You can make all that money with ca'putas??" *shakes head* #facebook more » SpyMagician: This is going to be as relevant to the film industry as Shattered Glass and as engrossing to the public as... I dunno. I highly recommend any theate... more » Motoko Kusanagi: You could cast just about anybody in these parts, since no one cares AT ALL. more » Doug: Eddie Murphy in costume/makeup in all roles. more » LotharOfTheHillPeople: how about that kid who plays Rusty on Greek for the part of Zuckerberg? more » metoometoo: Um, this is appalling. I want to hug Jesse Eisenberg, not kick him in the shin, so he's exactly wrong for the part. more » Magister: I'm a big fan of Sorkin and he has a way with words, but the Bill Gates/Steve Jobs (Pirates of Silicon Valley) movie was on TNT and I find it hard to ... more » -
#thecinema
Facebook, as Cast by Hollywood
It appears Aaron Sorkin has confirmed many of the casting choices for his upcoming Facebook movie. If only Silicon Valley were this good looking. There's someone from Gossip Girl, Melanie Griffith's daughter — even a very built male model.
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#facebook
Facebook Movie Cast Not Quite Geeky Enough
Scriptshadow, which obtained the first leaked script for Facebook movie The Social Network, now claims to have casting choices, including Justin Timberlake as Napster's Sean Parker. News In Film created this handy graphic. More » -
#thecinema
Aaron Sorkin's Insant Lust for Facebook Movie
Aaron Sorkin told the website MakingOf that he's never agreed to a project so fast as when he signe on to adapt Ben Mezrich's Facebook book. Sorkin still doesn't know what he was thinking. More » -
#facebook
Worst Lines from Facebook Tell-All
It's being turned into a movie by Aaron Sorkin, but Ben Mezrich's book about the creation of Facebook is apparently as badly written as a typical status update on Facebook. Janet Maslin's New York Times review is unsparing. More » -
#books
Facebook Tell-All Has Founders Banging Groupies in Bathroom Stalls
Ben Mezrich's forthcoming Facebook exposé was sold to film producers before it was even written. The Hollywood influence helps explain why the book answers such pressing questions as, "Who might the co-founders have conceivably boned, and where?"
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#thecinema
The First Rule of Facebook Club Is...
Columbia Pictures is close to securing a director for its Facebook movie: David Fincher, of Fight Club fame, is reportedly in advanced talks. He'll be expected to move fast, before the market for a movie about the social network evaporates. More » -
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Facebook Tell-All Released Into Wild
Facebook's creation myth has left the building, or so we hear: Fortune is said to be readying an excerpt of Ben Mezrich's tell-all book and movie about the social network. And another publication is, naturally, trying to ruin the scoop. More » -
#nerdfight
Facebook Founders Settle Their Feud
After years of freezing out cofounder Eduardo Saverin over a dispute about money, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has deigned to recognize his former Harvard buddy. Why now? Perhaps to derail a forthcoming Facebook tell-all? More » -
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#books
Facebook Movie, Book Deals Confirmed By Fabricating Boston Author
Yes, there's going to be a book about Facebook's creation, adapted for film by Aaron Sorkin, bestselling author Ben Mezrich confirmed. But it won't have lots of sex and cooked Koala, per a Gawker report. More »
