Lord help us, seems like Aaron Sorkin is writing a movie about Facebook. And so... he's on Facebook.
The real Aaron Sorkin.
Ulp.
From the group intro:
Welcome. I'm Aaron Sorkin. I understand there are a few other people using Facebook pages under my name--which I find more flattering than creepy--but this is me. I don't know how I can prove that but feel free to test me.
I've just agreed to write a movie for Sony and producer Scott Rudin about how Facebook was invented. I figured a good first step in my preparation would be finding out what Facebook is, so I've started this page. (Actually it was started by my researcher, Ian Reichbach, because my grandmother has more Internet savvy than I do and she's been dead for 33 years.)Some of you might be familiar with some things I've written. I'm the author of two Broadway plays--A Few Good Men and The Farnsworth Invention, five feature films--A Few Good Men, The American President, Malice, Charlie Wilson's War and The Trial of the Chicago 7 which is in pre-production, and three television series--Sports Night, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip and the first four seasons of The West Wing.
I honestly don't know how this works, which is why I'm here. If anyone has any questions I'd be happy to answer them as best I can. If anyone has any comments I'm glad to listen. And if anyone has any Facebook stories I think they might be helpful.
Aaron Sorkin and the Internet. It's a well of goodness that just keeps right on giving.
I have to admit, I'm intrigued by the idea of the Facebook movie.
Will there be long, passionate speeches about the intrinsic value of buying and selling your friends?
Will the plucky computer social networking heroes be menaced by vampires and zombies and werewolves halfway through? Because I'd pay ten bucks to see that.
Will a couple scenes be devoted to creepy people you don't know coming up and being your friend?
Will the marketing campaign be built somehow around not being able to actually see the movie before inviting 20 of your friends?
The mind boggles.
And wait a second, didn't we already see a movie about Facebook ?
Or, um, this?
Good Luck anyway, Aaron. Watch out for the muu-muus.
4 comments:
First time I've seen a picture of Aaron Sorkin. Didn't know he was so pleasing to the eye.
Lex, are you crushing on Aaron? You Minx.
"What Josh doesn't know is that some of these people haven't taken their medication. Let's watch what happens..."
Obviously Mr. Sorkin's knowledge of the seamy underbelly of teh intarwebz can be presumed to have evolved a bit since then. But the notion of him involved in a movie about the invention of Facebook still evokes some blinkage. Which probably won't stop me from checking it out.
Also, now you have me wanting see those plot-points-inspired-by-applications for serious. (I finally deleted all the damn things from my profile. Games of any kind + computer + me = insupportable timesuck.) You are an evil, evil man.
It's a teeny weeny man crush.
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