You do not talk about Facebook. Or wait. Maybe you do.

June 24th, 2009 at 11:08am Will Pfeifer

According to an article in Variety, director David Fincher is, as they say, “in talks” to direct THE SOCIAL NETWORK, a movie about the development of Facebook. Script is courtesy of Aaron Sorkin, write of A FEW GOOD MEN, THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT, and, on TV, THE WEST WING and (ahem) STUDIO 60 ON THE SUNSET STRIP.

“The film will focus on the evolution of Facebook from its 2004 creation on the Harvard campus by sophomore Mark Zuckerberg to a juggernaut with more than 200 million members.”

Look, I love Fincher’s work (FIGHT CLUB is a personal favorite, ZODIAC is arguably the best movie of the 21st century, and even the overlong BENJAMIN BUTTON isn’t bad), but I wonder about a Facebook movie. Sure, it’s popular now, but if the Internet has taught us anything, it’s that there will be another Web fad around before long to grab the public’s attention. Already Twitter has all the buzz (and even it’s getting old). Imagine a movie about MySpace now. Would anyone see it?

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