The Social Network

The Social Network is an upcoming 2010 comedy-drama film by David Fincher about the founding of Facebook. The film features an ensemble cast which consists of Jesse Eisenberg, Brenda Song, Justin Timberlake, Andrew Garfield, Rooney Mara and Armie Hammer. The film was written by Aaron Sorkin and adapted from Ben Mezrich's 2009 novel The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding Of Facebook, A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius, and Betrayal. The film is distributed by Columbia Pictures and is set for an October 15, 2010 release.

None of the Facebook staff, including founder Mark Zuckerberg, will be involved with the project. One of the co-founders, Eduardo Saverin, was a consultant for Mezrich's book.

Cast

• Jesse Eisenberg as Mark Zuckerberg
• Justin Timberlake as Sean Parker
• Brenda Song as Joanna Simmons
• Andrew Garfield as Eduardo Saverin
• Rooney Mara as Erica
• Armie Hammer as Cameron
• Max Minghella as Martin Turner
• Dakota Johnson as Leslie Brown
• Joseph Mazzello as Dustin Moskovitz
• Trevor Wright as Josh Thompson
• Liam Feurgson as Brian

Production

In November 2009, the film's producer Kevin Spacey said "The Social Network is probably going to be a lot funnier than people might expect it to be." ^[1]

Filming

Filming for The Social Network began in October 2009 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.^[2] Scenes were filmed around the campuses of two Massachusetts prep schools, Phillips Academy and Milton Academy.^[3] Filming took place on the Keyser and Wyman quadrangles in the Homewood campus of Johns Hopkins University from November 2–4.^[4] Johns Hopkins doubles for Harvard University in the film.^[5] From November 16 to 22, 2009 scenes were filmed at California State University, Dominguez Hills.^{[citation needed]} 111

Casting

Casting began in early August 2009, open auditions were held in various states. Shia Labeouf and Michael Cera were previously considered for the role of Mark Zuckerberg, one of the film's protagonists. Jesse Eisenberg was first announced to be attached to the project in September 2009.^[6] Several days later, Justin Timberlake and Andrew Garfield were confirmed to portray the roles of Sean Parker and Eduardo Saverin. In October 2009, Brenda Song, Rooney Mara and Armie Hammer were cast in the film.^[7] Max Minghella and Dakota Johnson were also confirmed to star in the film by the Donnie Darko director Richard Kelly.^[7] In a 2009 interview with the Baltimore Sun Eisenberg said, "even though I've gotten to be in some wonderful movies, this character seems so much more overtly insensitive in so many ways that seem more real to me in the best way. I don't often get cast as insensitive people so it feels very comfortable: fresh and exciting, as if you never have to worry about the audience. Not that I worry about the audience anyway - it should be just the furthest thing from your mind. The Social Network is the biggest relief I've ever had in a movie."^[8]

Response

"Greed, obsession, unpredictability and sex" have been used to describe The Social Network, the description has surprised several major media outlets who claim the film sounded "boring" since it is about the founding of Facebook. The Cardin Courrier claim that "although there are over 300 million Facebook users, does this mean Facebook can become a profitable blockbuster movie?".^[9]

References

External links

• The Social Network at the Internet Movie Database