Justin Timberlake and Jesse Eisenberg have nabbed the leads in The Social Network (aka "the Facebook movie"), a drama written by Aaron Sorkin , according to Variety.
Eisenberg will play Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg; Timberlake will play Sean Parker, the co-founder of Napster who became Facebook's first president. They are joined by...
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Check your newsfeed Facebook is coming to the big screenProlific writer and producer Aaron Sorkin is penning a film based on the creation of the social networking site according to the The Hollywood ReporterAnd as a true Facebook user would Sorkin announced his celluloid plans on his account prefacing by insisting hes the real Aaron SorkinI understand there are a few other people using Facebook pages under my name which I find more flattering than creepy but this is me he said I figured a good first step in my preparation would be finding out what Facebook is so Ive started this pageThe Emmy winner goes on to ask users to share their experience with the site to serve as inspiration and research for the filmSo go ahead friend him Joyce Eng
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How’s this for irony? All last week, trying not to get too depressed about what a protracted writers’ strike might mean for the TV season and the industry at large, I was secretly looking forward to a weekend getaway: catching former Alias star Jennifer Garner’s Broadway debut in a revival of Cyrano, opposite Kevin Kline and Rescue Me’s Daniel Sunjata. Unfortunately, my tickets were for Saturday night, by which time the stagehands’ union had initiated their own sudden walkout and work stoppage.At this rate, I might actually finish the book I’ve been reading since mid-October.(Thankfully, I was lucky enough to catch Aaron Sorkin's new play, The Farnsworth Invention, before the strike. It was scheduled to have its official opening night later this week, but when it reopens, I predict a healthy run for this fascinating, entertaining play recounting the birth of television.)While consumers of TV, movies and even theater wait for unions and producers to reac...
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Who will spellbind young moviegoers once Deathly Hallows has come and gone? Warner Bros. has picked up the big-screen rights to the seven-book Septimus Heap series, while Relativity Media has acquired Tunnels, a children's fantasy series out of the U.K.... Also per Variety, Aaron Sorkin is penning three films for DreamWorks, kicking off with The Trial of the Chicago 7, which Steven Spielberg hopes to direct.... Per the Reporter, Naomi Watts will star opposite Clive Owen in the thriller The International.... Tim Robbins and Martin Landau have joined the fantasy feature City of Ember, starring Bill Murray.
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The self-explanatory (although probably unnecessary) Idol: The Musical, a satirical comedy about a "cult-like club that meets daily in a garage that doubles as a shrine to Clay Aiken," opens off-Broadway next month. Apparently, it earned raves in Syracuse. Seriously.... Licking his wounds after the whole Studio 60 debacle, West Wing creator Aaron Sorkin trades the small screen for the stage when The Farnsworth Invention hits Broadway this fall, says Playbill.com. Previously seen at the La Jolla Playhouse, the drama — about the (glorious) invention of the TV set — marks Sorkin's return to the Great White Way after almost two decades. — Reporting by Raven Snook
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