Facebook - The Movie!

West Wing creator to write big screen story of founders

[Syzygy]

From the BBC [news.bbc.co.uk]

Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin has agreed to make a film about the founders of social networking site Facebook.

The 47-year-old admitted he did not really understand Facebook, or "how I'm going to write the movie", so was relying on fans to help him. "I honestly don't know how this works, which is why I'm here," Sorkin said.

Before signing off, Sorkin joked: "I feel about this introduction the way I felt about Sophie's Choice - It could have been funnier."

"I have a fairly specific idea of what the first 15 pages of the screenplay will be and no idea what will happen on pages 16 thru 130," he wrote.

This a bit of media baiting, right? The guy is not serious, surely? Facebook: The Movie? What next WebmasterWorld: The Revenge of the Moderators? ;-)

[vincevincevince]

This is a screenwriter mind, not a production company. It's him who agreed to write it for Sony and the producer; not Sony and the producer who agreed to make it. I understand there are mountains of scripts written which will never be made into films...

[LifeinAsia]

How about "Napster: The Movie" and let all the studios share it?