Will David Fincher direct “The Facebook Movie”?

On July 24, 2009, In Culture, By Blake

A few weeks ago I posted a note that a film was in the works on the founding of Facebook. It’s based on the book, “The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook: A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal” by Ben Mezrich. I bought the book last weekend, but I have not had a chance to read it. Anyway, Jeff Wells who runs an excellent film blog, Hollywood-Elsewhere.com, reports today that there is a better-than-decent chance that David Fincher (of “Se7en,” “Fight Club” and “Zodiac”) will direct the film. I can dig it despite my hatred of Mr. Fincher’s last effort (and, sadly, his only Oscar-nominated film), “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.” Who will play Mark Zuckerberg? Mr. Wells reports that Shia Lebouf and Michael Cera are the leading contenders.

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  1. JMT says:
    July 25, 2009 at 7:13 am

    You post this knowing it haunts me, but now that I know Mezrich wrote the book (I’ve read Bringing Down The House multiple times) and that Fincher may direct (Fight Club is one of the few movies I actually own), I may have to consider at least reading the book. I didn’t go see “21″ or whatever it was called. While I may deem the book and movie to be a foolish topic, it may be interesting from the business side of things or maybe I just need to get over my dislike of Facebook.

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