A movie about the duo behind Facebook is in the works, with Aaron 'West Wing' Sorkin writing. But you already know this, as we told you back in August.
However, the rumour mill is a-churning and some interesting names have been attached to the project.
Ain't It Cool News is reporting that the movie could be directed by none other than David Fincher – he of Fight Club and Se7en fame. No, we can't really see it happening either, but the director did show a more mawkish, softer side with The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, so maybe he can bring something to a film that's essentially about computer geeks getting rich at a very young age.
Accidental Billionaires
Mashable is also reporting that two of the most famous twenty-somethings working in Hollywood at the moment are up for the part of Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook – Michael Cera and Shia LeBeouf.
Strangely, we predicted both of these in our news story back in August.
The film is based on the book The Accidental Billionaires, by Ben Mezrich. According to those who have read the tome, the book doesn't portray Mark Zuckerberg in the best light, so it will be interesting to see what angle the movie takes.
Via Ain't It Cool
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okpc
June 26th
2. you know what was a good film -- Pirates of Silicon Valley.
I really liked it, if they can do one about the rise of facebook from behind the scenes it could be good.
I just hope they don't go the route of "You've got Facebook err Mail"
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chrisgillbard2
June 25th
1. It may well get made but not meny peopl will go to see it. you can reead more on my blog.http://shicgeek.blogspot.com/2009/06/facebook-movie.html
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