David Fincher’s Facebook movie for Scott Rudin and Sony, called “The Social Network” and based on a mammoth Aaron Sorkin script (we didn’t love), has quietly begun casting… or at least accepting auditions.
How do we know? A close personal friend is in the thick of it…
This only furthers reports that the picture is moving along rapidly, as Fincher recently dropped his fee to make the production viable and cost-effective, co-producer Kevin Spacey said it would shoot this year, and co-producer Michael De Luca also recently extended his first-look deal with Sony through 2011.
While we remain skeptical about the project, we’re at the very least curious about how Fincher will lend his stylistic stamp to it. – Drew Taylor
Beeteedubs, did you see this Ben Stiller is Online/Facebook funny viral clip? We’re not sure what it’s supposed to be promoting — because all viral clips now promote something, right? — but it’s pretty damn funny which is high praise for us because Still generally gets on our nerves. Movieline cheekily called in an audition for Fincher’s film which is clever and amusing way to frame it.
Big fan of the talent involved so the benefit of a doubt is automatically granted, but the inside scoop on a bunch of underprivileged douchebags who strike internet gold lacks automatic appeal to put it mildly.
But that's why they're behind the camera and I just sit here talking about it.
But it has great built-in conflict, which trumps all the douchebaggery.
kill me. why fincher why???
I must admit, the more and more I read about FIncher fanboys hating this project — i.e. it's not really dark, there's no serial killers, it's not Heavy Metal, Torso, or something dark with guns and blood, etc. — the more i begin to perversely love it.