I’m still finding it a little hard to believe that Aaron Sorkin (he of A Few Good Men, he of The West Wing) is writing the screenplay for the upcoming Facebook movie. But not only is he, but upon hearing the proposal (based on Ben Mezrich’s “The Accidental Billionaires”), Sorkin claims it’s the fastest he’s “ever said ‘yes’ to anything.”
He claims he was just 3 pages into the 14-page proposal about the book, when he knew he would do it. But it gets better. “If you asked my why I said ‘yes’, I’m not sure that I can give you a clear answer,” Sorkin says.
Also crazy is that David Fincher (he of Seven, he of Fight Club) is still said to be in talks to direct it.
I’ve read Sorkin’s first stab at the screenplay, and it’s pretty good, entirely too long (it would be about a 2 hour and 45 minute epic if it were shot as-is), but pretty good. Could a movie about Mark Zuckerberg and crew actually be decent? It’s starting to look possible. “I’m having a lot of fun with it,” Sorkin concludes.
The video below is from the site MakingOf. As a side note, we love Sorkin because he wrote the words that inspired our best comment ever.
hollywood is running out of ideas eh?
marketing campaign in disquise? accidents and funding can only last so long, sooner or later true talent and innovation will reign profitability supreme. fadbook has become a “tele-novela whitepages social network. people dont go to fadbook to be productive. the most profitable social network will be the one that focuses on consumer facing small business. is it too late for fadbook branding to turn around? ask myspac they could probably tell you.
i think any non-ecommerce site will eventually die. have millions of “users” doesn’t mean $h1t
“two hundred million registered users” must have been somewhere on page 1-4.
What happened to actually building a better product?
Not only will I go see it, I’ll buy the DVD. And Maybe the script book.
I drank the Aaron Sorkin kool-aid years ago, I’ll admit it.
billyw – “YOU CAN’T HANDLE A SORKIN MOVIE!”
Its lulzy how hollywood is trying to be uber-relevant to a demographic that’s cost the movie industry billions through illegal d/ls.
But I mean where’s the film-sized suspense and drama in a story about a colleges tech guy who steals an idea from some classmates to make it big? Sounds like it would make a good series for the cw.
I feel sorry for whoever has to do the trailer.
facebook movie???
Mark Zuckerberg: “Yes man.”
If Aaron Sorkin ate some alphabet soup, I would pay $10 to read the resulting shit.
wow. nice.
Studio 60 sucked balls.
Now that is just not true. Sorkin actually showed us that Matthew Perry can act. Amazing but true.
He managed to show us twice. The Matthew Perry arch in West Wing is brilliant.
Expectations were way to high for that show, but it was still better than 90% of what’s out there now.
The ‘Real’ Sorkin is The West Wing and Sports Night (and also A Few Good Men and Charlie Wilson’s War).
shoe money tooo-niiight!!!!
SportsNight was not a TV show. It was literature that was adapted for TV. And given how nobody likes to read during primetime TV…well, so glad I have them on DVD.
they should also move quick to relesase “SN II: A Few Good Tweets” while twitter is still on the game
Why the need to make a movie? This guy has gone from zero to hero in no time flat. It zucks, but that’s life guys: Risky business, but sometimes it pays off.
A movie? This guy has gone from zero to hero in no time flat. It zucks, but that’s life, guys: risky business sometimes pays off.
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Facebook movie would obviously have the cheapest and most efficient marketing promotions ever. I can only imagine what Facebook would do to promote this movie.
Whaaaaaa???
I imagine the guys at Twitter already thinking – “so how much action can we squeeze in 140 characters”
they making a movie about face book!! what could the plot possibly be how they beat myspace lol
A movie about beating a product that makes money (MySpace) by offering a product that makes no money (Facebook)
I’m not doubting that Facebook can make money, but I would not call it a business success before it does.
To make an interesting movie doesn’t there need to be some kind of an interesting/tragic twist?
haha i think this thread is more entertaining than the movie might turn out to be…? =)
but nah i always dreamed of a proper “pirates of silicon valley” flick that i dunno will be realized anytime soon, let alone with this project, but i like the concept anyway
So sad. I love Sorkin, or did. S60 was bad. Some great dialogue and a great cast, but a show about a comedy where the funny show within the show isn’t funny, and the star of said funny fake show isn’t funny, either? Boo.
This really smells of “Sorkin owes some folks money for that long stint of holing up with hookers and blow” if you ask me.
But yes, the Matthew Perry arc on TWW was excellent.
“a show about a comedy where the funny show within the show isn’t funny, and the star of said funny fake show isn’t funny, either? Boo.”
30 Rock begs to differ with you.
Picked up Mezrich’s book yesterday, and it is just awful. Maybe because we’re just too familiar with Facebook story, that the book doesn’t add anything new? Nah. The book really sucks.
I can’t imagine how Sorkin can turn it into something bearable, without hacking the hell of it. In which case, might as well ditch the book, and start the script with lawsuit papers instead.
THis will be a great movie. guaranteed.