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Aaron Sorkin plans Facebook film - Entertainment News, Film News, Media
Aaron Sorkin plans Facebook film - Entertainment News, Film News, Media
Columbia project will trace evolution of site Aaron Sorkin has a Facebook page -- and a new screenwriting gig. Sorkin set up a page for himself on the social networking site, essentially announcing that he will be scripting a movie about the formation of Facebook. Scott Rudin is producing for Columbia Pictures. Sorkin's declaration, presumably done so he could experience Facebook as a research ...
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Early buzz: Replacements, Facebook, 'Daisies' and more
Pop Candy: Top Stories & Community Feed — Hey, everyone! It's Thursday, and I'm getting pretty excited about tonight's event . I hope some of you can make it -- I'll probably only DJ for about an hour so I can hang out afterward. There will be a Q&A segment, and I think we'll have some posters on hand, too. It should be a good time. Some headlines: - Drummer Steve Foley , who played with the Replacements at the end of their career, has died . He was 49. - We go behind the scenes at the Daily Show in Denver. - Michael Phelps will host the season premiere of Saturday Night Live . - Aaron Sorkin wants to make a movie about Facebook. - Here's an ...

Aaron Sorkin Gets A Facebook Account... And A Movie!
Cinema Blend News — Aaron Sorkin Gets A Facebook Account... And A Movie! Facebook can do a lot of things=-- kill several hours while playing Scrabble, for example-- but it hasn't been known for its ability to break stories about movie projects in development. But when announcing his next feature project, Aaron Sorkin did it in the most meta way possible-- announcing a movie about Facebook on Facebook. It's like a giant hall of mirrors! Variety eventually reported the project, but Sorkin's ...

Aaron Sorkin Making Facebook Even More Obnoxiously Present Outside of Facebook
I Watch Stuff - The Best Movie News Ever — Aaron Sorkin has managed to create a story even more ludicrous than a fake story about him announcing an animated continuation of The West Wing, and he's somehow done it within a week. Ready for the unrealistically-clever dialogue-filled story of Facebook? From Variety: Aaron Sorkin has a Facebook page -- and a new screenwriting gig. Sorkin set up a page for himself on the social networking site, essentially announcing that he will be scripting a movie about the formation of Facebook. The film will focus on the evolution of ...

Aaron Sorkin, Scott Rudin Working on Facebook Movie?
Cinematical — Filed under: Deals, Sony, RumorMonger, Scripts Call me skeptical, but I'm willing to sustain myself entirely on a diet of my own words if writer Aaron Sorkin and producer Scott Rudin can actually manage to make something entertaining out of a film about the formation of social networking site Facebook and the success of its founders, as Variety reports they are working on over at Sony. Honestly, what can an Oscar-winning producer and an oft-acclaimed scribe do with a rags-to-riches arc and the sight of two guys tapping away at computers and taking meetings? Sure, at least ...

Short takes: 'Facebook' movie on the way
The Screening Log — • Aaron Sorkin is gearing up to write a script based on the birth and evolution of Facebook, with Scott Rudin producing for Columbia, according to Variety. • Ron Livingston has signed on to star in Raul Shanchez Inglis' indie comedy "The Company Men," about a businessman struggling to save a company (Variety). • According to Ananova (via Joblo), Dannii Minogue has joined the cast of "Vauxhall Crossed," in which she plays an MI6 agent. • Director Alex Proyas chats about "Dracula: Year One" over at MTV.

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