Media News - Monday, September 01, 2008

Hollywood writer-producer Aaron Sorkin to write Facebook movie

Hollywood writer-producer Aaron Sorkin, co-creator of The West Wing, is to write a film about the creation of Facebook - and has entered into the social networking spirit of the website by setting up a group page to find out 'how this works'. Sorkin announced his latest movie project to users of the social networking site by launching a group page on Facebook called Aaron Sorkin & The Facebook Movie. Sorkin has also set up his own private profile page on Facebook. The film is likely to look at how, following its creation in 2004 by Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg in his university dorm, Facebook quickly became an internet, business and social phenomenon with more than 100 million users worldwide. Embracing the community ethos of the social network, Sorkin asked members to get in touch with stories relating to the site and engaged users in a Q&A on his group page fielding questions on issues as diverse as studio interference and the best place to get cheap food in New York. Despite being offered billions for the site, Zuckerberg has remained independent. Facebook's key rivals in social networking, MySpace and Bebo, have both sold out to larger media organisations. (The Guardian)

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