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Aaron Sorkin ('West Wing') Discusses Facebook Movie

by Caleb Johnson on August 12, 2009 at 04:58 PM


It's a story for the ages, or at least that's what Aaron Sorkin thinks. Sorkin, the brain behind 'The West Wing,' has jumped on board to write the screenplay for the upcoming Facebook movie -- the tale of a Harvard student who becomes an Internet billionaire.

Believe it or not, Sorkin told film site Making Of that he's never agreed to work on a project so quickly. After reading only three pages of a 14-page proposal for Ben Mezrich's then-uncompleted book 'The Accidental Billionaires,' Sorkin says he knew he'd write the script. When pressed as to why he made this seemingly rash decision, Sorkin told Making Of, "I'm not sure that I can give you a clear answer." Sounds to us like he's got a gut feeling the film will have critical and financial success. Word is, David Fincher, who helmed 'Fight Club' and 'Se7en,' is still in discussions to direct, too.

The question is, how compelling would a movie about Mark Zuckerberg and his buddies be? According to Tech Crunch, Sorkin's latest script would have the movie running about 2 hours and 45 minutes (far too long, if you ask us). Imagine: "In a world... where social networking sites don't have a 'poke' function... one man... will change everything..." [From: Making Of, via Tech Crunch]

Tags: aaron sorkin, AaronSorkin, david fincher, DavidFincher, facebook, mark zuckerberg, MarkZuckerberg, movies, script, social networking, SocialNetworking, top

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