Sorkin on accepting Fincher’s Facebook friend request
Widely reported a couple of days ago, David Fincher’s movie about the creation Facebook has been officially greenlit and will begin shooting in October on a budget of $47 million. The movie is based the book, The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal. Here Aaron Sorkin talks about how quickly he became convinced he wanted to adapt it. I’ve seen Sorkin’s script, Social Network, and can assure you there’s no reason to be skeptical — it’s a great story, a great read, and it’ll be interesting to see Fincher scale back from effects-heavy films to work in a more intimate vein for a change.
[Note: I'm told that this video has been floating around for several days, but it's new to me so maybe new to some of you too. Clearly the interview itself has to be a few months old because he's talking about being almost done with a first draft of a script that's been in the wild for weeks.]
Watermelons says:
Friday, August 28, 2009 at 11:22am
Watermelons like this.
Awards Daily Origins: Alfredo says:
Friday, August 28, 2009 at 2:18pm
I think nobody cares about this one :s
That’s a shame.
DaneM says:
Friday, August 28, 2009 at 5:58pm
I care. Fincher is one of my favorite directors and Sorkin is one of my favorite scribes. I should point out for you that Zodiac was not an effects film. It happens to be in my all-time top 10 list too. If the Facebook movie is anywhere close to as great, people might care come Oscar season.
Ryan Adams says:
Friday, August 28, 2009 at 6:11pm
A lot us had Zodiac on our top that year, DaneM. It ranked 8th overall in the AwardsDaily Sultans Best Picture chart for 2007, and Fincher came in at #7 on the Best Director chart.
The effects in Zodiac were extensive and notable for their invisibility. Have you explored the DVD? Here are a couple of featurettes, here and here.
I’m glad there are a few of us interested in anything Fincher does, so thanks for the vote of support. A tired complaint about David Fincher’s movies is that they come across as “cold.” What better way to warm up that misconception than with a social networking movie? Again, with a perfect seamless blend of humanity and technology.
Joolz says:
Friday, August 28, 2009 at 8:10pm
This sounds interesting actually.
It might mean I’ll have to ditch the script I’ve been working on though, provisionally called ‘Twitter – the early months’
Chamboosy says:
Saturday, August 29, 2009 at 1:28am
Definitely will be worth a look. Fincher’s films have always been amazing viewing and no doubt that this will be another good/great film. I rewatched The Game the other day and forgot how enjoyable it is – it’s amazing how a film that tells you exactly what’s happening all the way through it (hell, even the title tells you what it is) can still surprise you at the end.
I’ve always been confused by the “cold” feelings some people get from Fincher’s films. Whilst visually they can be cold, the only one I’ve felt “cold” from was Ben Button, but that was simply because I just didn’t have enough emotional investment in the story because Brad Pitt aging backwards/forwards/whatever just didn’t make me “feel” anything. Except envy maybe.