14 DAY TRIAL // After the tremendous success registered by Facebook, with the social network managing to wind its way past competitors to get to the first place worldwide, it seems like a movie about its outset and evolution is the thing to follow.
Aaron Sorkin, the writer of the "West Wing" series and of several awarded motion pictures, such as “Charlie Wilson's War” or “A Few Good Men,” has decided to make a movie about Facebook. “I've just agreed to write a movie for Sony and producer Scott Rudin about how Facebook was invented.” says the writer on an open group page on, where else, but Facebook. The success of Mark Zuckerberg's (Facebook’s CEO) project came to Sorkin's attention and made him want to turn the story into a movie, but a screenplay about something that the writer doesn't know much of has minimum chances to become a hit.
So, the Hollywood star decided to set up a personal page to allow him to get in touch with people and to ask for opinions regarding the movie. “I honestly don't know how this works, which is why I'm here. If anyone has any questions I'd be happy to answer them as best I can. If anyone has any comments I'm glad to listen. And if anyone has any Facebook stories I think they might be helpful.” he writes. In fact, Sorkin admits that his writing skills are clearly well above the tech know-how he possesses, so the Facebook group was actually created by his researcher and not by him.
Although Facebook hasn't made an official statement to decline or confirm the viability of the project, people already seem anxious to see the result. “Looking forward to the film. I hope it includes a dramatization of the Scrabulous squabble [...]. By the way, I think Tom Hanks would be great in the role of Facebook, with maybe Philip Seymour Hoffman as MySpace, Jon Hamm as LinkedIn and Jack Black as YouTube. Just a suggestion.” says one jokingly, hinting at the behind-the-scene animosities between the most popular online social services.