Facebook is moving from your computer screen to the Big Screen. Set to release in October 2010, The Social Network centers on the creation of the social media networking giant and the person (or people) behind it.
On a fall night in 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programming genius Mark Zuckerberg sits down at his computer and heatedly begins working on a new idea. In a fury of blogging and programming, what begins in his dorm room soon becomes a global social network and a revolution in communication. A mere six years and 500 million friends later, Mark Zuckerberg is the youngest billionaire in history… but for this entrepreneur, success leads to both personal and legal complications. – IMDB.com
While the film probably won’t have the cinematic impact of Citizen Kane, it has the potential to be a big eye-opener for Facebook users. With all of the concerns over privacy and current legal issues facing the company, this film might only help to fuel the anti-site fire that has been building.
May 31 of this year was the first official Quit Facebook Day, with more than 37,000 people committing to deleting their profiles from the site on that day – only a matchstick of a flame in the grand scheme of Facebook numbers, but a flame nonetheless.
At the very least, the casting looks pretty interesting.
Will you see the film? Will it impact the way you use Facebook or your opinion of the social networking site?
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