TimmyHFacebook the Movie
September 22nd 2008 01:50
Infamous Hollywood scribe Aarom Sorkin is rumoured to be putting pen to paper on a new movie which will centre around the virtual world that is Facebook. If the gossip rings true it could be a feather in the social network’s cap given that MySpace and Bebo would have paid big dollars for such a privilege.
The writer, whose works include “The West Wing” and “Studio 60” had his assistant start a Facebook group recently as part of research into the film. The New York Times has reported that the film is being backed by Sony Pictures and producer Scott Rudin.
Sony Pictures has confirmed the rumour but Sorkin’s off-siders have refused to comment publically.
Facebook spokeswoman Brandee Barker says: "We are routinely approached by writers and filmmakers interested in telling the Facebook story or the stories of the more than 100 million people who use Facebook to share and make the world more open and connected. At this point, we have not agreed to cooperate with any film project, but we are flattered by the interest."
The Facebook group which Sorkin reportedly backed was first seized upon by Defamer, it read…
“Welcome. I'm Aaron Sorkin. I understand there are a few other people using Facebook pages under my name — which I find more flattering than creepy — but this is me. I don't know how I can prove that but feel free to test me.
I've just agreed to write a movie for Sony and producer Scott Rudin about how Facebook was invented. I figured a good first step in my preparation would be finding out what Facebook is, so I've started this page. (Actually it was started by my researcher, Ian Reichbach, because my grandmother has more Internet savvy than I do and she's been dead for 33 years.)
(An earlier, apparently un-spellchecked version of that Facebook post said the movie was about "Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin and Dustin Moskovitz — three sophmores at Harvard who, in order to meet girls, invented Facebook.")”
Potential titles for the film are being bandied about the Internet in a fervour of forum hype. Faceoff, MyFace, What did the five fingers say to the Facebook but few will capture the essence of the original social network’s title.
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The writer, whose works include “The West Wing” and “Studio 60” had his assistant start a Facebook group recently as part of research into the film. The New York Times has reported that the film is being backed by Sony Pictures and producer Scott Rudin.
Sony Pictures has confirmed the rumour but Sorkin’s off-siders have refused to comment publically.
Facebook spokeswoman Brandee Barker says: "We are routinely approached by writers and filmmakers interested in telling the Facebook story or the stories of the more than 100 million people who use Facebook to share and make the world more open and connected. At this point, we have not agreed to cooperate with any film project, but we are flattered by the interest."
Facebook The Movie
The Facebook group which Sorkin reportedly backed was first seized upon by Defamer, it read…
“Welcome. I'm Aaron Sorkin. I understand there are a few other people using Facebook pages under my name — which I find more flattering than creepy — but this is me. I don't know how I can prove that but feel free to test me.
I've just agreed to write a movie for Sony and producer Scott Rudin about how Facebook was invented. I figured a good first step in my preparation would be finding out what Facebook is, so I've started this page. (Actually it was started by my researcher, Ian Reichbach, because my grandmother has more Internet savvy than I do and she's been dead for 33 years.)
(An earlier, apparently un-spellchecked version of that Facebook post said the movie was about "Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin and Dustin Moskovitz — three sophmores at Harvard who, in order to meet girls, invented Facebook.")”
Potential titles for the film are being bandied about the Internet in a fervour of forum hype. Faceoff, MyFace, What did the five fingers say to the Facebook but few will capture the essence of the original social network’s title.
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