From The West Wing to THIS???
Filed under: Film Flickers
Get ready all you Facebook "fans."
A movie will soon be made about the popular stalking networking site and its creator, Mark Zuckerberg.
Writer-producer and the creator of The West Wing, Aaron Sorkin, has just announced the news on his official Facebook page.
Sorkin is currently in negotiations to write the film surrounding the founders of the site. It is said to be produced by Scott Rudin.
We wonder if the movie will make mention of the fact that Zuckerberg was accused of having stolen the idea for Facebook from his Hardvard classmates who hired him to work on their site, ConnectU????
They claim he stole their idea, design, source code, and business plan.
A lawsuit was even filed in 2004 with the claims of breach of contract, copyright infringement, and a list of other accusations.
However, this past June, Facebook fianlly agreed to pay an undisclosed amount of cash and stock to settle the legal suit with ConnectU.
As for Sorkin, he wrote to all his friends online by stating "I understand there are a few other people using Facebook pages under my name — which I find more flattering than creepy — but this is me. I don't know how I can prove that, but feel free to test me. I've just agreed to write a movie for Sony and producer Scott Rudin about how Facebook was invented. I figured a good first step in my preparation would be finding out what Facebook is, so I've started this page. (Actually it was started by my researcher, Ian Reichbach, because my grandmother has more Internet savvy than I do and she's been dead for 33 years.)"
What do U think?
Something worth watching if it makes it to theaters?
Why wasn't this a made for TV film????
Ooh yall should see my black eye this morning, we had trouble at church last night (Mount Holy Olive Second Baptist Zion Church of God in Christ of Resurrected Latter-Day Saints AME Hallelujah Jesus), and honey….things was said that had never been said before that NEEDED to be said, I mean CHARGES was made down yonder…. People was just tellin everything on everybody and the preacher came in and told us we was ALL demons!! Two high-haired ladies just stood up and just went to hollerin……hollerin outta they head….and next thing you know womens is just snatchin each other wigs off…..it was drive-by scriptures shot back and forth, it was terrible down there…. some lady hit me over the head, I don’t remember I was total blackout behind it….yall is lucky I woke up this murnin!!
Should've been made into TV film. Not sure of how many people will actually waste money on it. I know that I am very picky with what movies I spend money on.
Yay for Perez.
Re: abercorey – Please tell me the Peanutbutter Choir was singing throughout this ordeal.
Facebook sucks!!
YAWN…I hate facebook
I don't care what people I use sit next to in 2nd grade math class or was friends with in highschool are up to. It sucks
I love facebook, so don't get me wrong, but wtf? I really don't think I'd watch a movie about the creation of it. The whole movie would be a guy sitting at a computer. Unless the creation of facebook involved some major drama, sex and/or drugs, it would be a boring movie.
Re: abercorey – Reverend Viceroy Champlain didn't do anything at all to stop the madness?????????
Oh boy… can't wait to see this one…. I'm sure there will be a movie about My Space, too. JOY!
His last TV show "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" was a ridiculous self important gasbad of a show. hopefully this won't suck as much.
Re: abercorey – Did someone find some of his old Tina or something?
i am so over facebook. myspace. look it. all that crap is getting old
I log in on Facebook every day. Do I need a movie about it? NOT.
myspace is better
umm I love facebook and all but wtf do we need a movie for? Thats gonna be real lame
remember 'friendster'?
Re: Andy27 –
yes ma'am the Reece's Peanut Butter Cup Choir sang they hearts out…until one of ems slipped on somebody wig and sent they ass (and a whole bunch of others) collapsin off the stage….and Reverend Champlain just sit there and bust out laughin…..ohh he almost got his teeth snatched out behind that!!!
why would anyone want to make a movie about the facebook guy? Not that I don't enjoy my facebook…but i doubt this would be an interesting movie…
Face book sucks! I like myspace
Re: abercorey – holy Jesus juice! when is the next service!
Re: bouge –
girl you know I be done turned the house upside down lookin for a baggy a LONG LONG time ago….
But doesn't the fact that "[his] grandmother has more Internet savvy than [he] does" makes him a bad choice for creating and leading such a potentially interesting project?!!!!!
THAT WILL THE SHITTIEST MOVIE EVER!
Of course Sorkin will have to schedule this around his demanding drug abusing schedule.
Re: bouge –
and much to my dismay it turned out to be epson salt and krispy kreme flakes….but i smoked it anyway!
Re: abercorey – DID YOU FORGET TO TAKE YOUR MEDS THIS MORNING! WTF!
Re: ruffmama –
we still workin on that…the Lady Auxillary Commitee say we have to be consistent….be open EVERY Sunday….and dont just close the doors if the pastor dont show…
DON'T LIKE FACEBOOK ………I LOVE MYSPACE
zuckerberg is an asshole.
Re: LettyB –
no i took all three of my percocets and 2 of my nerve pills
Re: abercorey – MABE YOU NEED TO SWITCH MEDS THEN!!!!!
what will it be? a movie ABOUT facebook? that sounds… really stupid.
I'm not seeing any success in theaters unless they make it where you can take a laptop and get on Facebook during the movie. Helllo, Mark, what are you thinking. Anyone who actually watch that would rather be online anyway.
Facebook sucks! I don't like it.. I rather use myspace.. mush easier to use.. lol
lameeee. dont get me wrong, i like facebook but really? a movie?
BOORRRIINNGGGGGGGGGGG
Re: bouge – just so you know bouge, i am sure you are really nice but i want to be andy's #1 girl. he is adorable.
Hardvard? You misspell it because you could never get in it? Because it was too HARD for a TARD like you>? God you make me sick
I would hate everything about this unless he puts Kristin Chenoweth in it. . .even though he's gross and they make a horrible couple
Facebook sux
FUCK FACEBOOK!
myspace is betterrr !
I think that's a bad idea in general.