"The Facebook Movie" May Be The Best Film Ever, But It's Hard To Believe That It's Real

Ok, I'm going to report something here that I think may be one of the greatest hoaxes of cinematic all-time.

There is apparently a film in the works, supposedly for release in 2011, about the founding of Facebook. It's being referred to in the industry as "The Facebook Movie." It sounds dumb, it sounds childish, it sounds like a TV-movie for teeny-boppers, but, seriously, it sounds like it may be goddamn astounding.

According to Newsweek, it's supposed to be directed by David Fincher. This is huge, since everything he does is edge of your seat and/or thematic and fresh. His directorial credits include Fight Club, Zodiac, Seven, The Game and, most recently, The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button.

So, clearly, it already seems like it's made-up. However, it gets stranger.

The film would be based on The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich, but would be adapted for the screen by (no joke) Aaron Sorkin. And, if you aren't familiar with his work, he wrote A Few Good Men, The American President and Charlie Wilson's War. Oh, and if that's not enough, he's actually more known for creating Sports Night, Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip and The (goddamn) West Wing.

Also, there's talk of Justin Timberlake starring in it or whatever, but that's not impressive. Seriously though, they might be making a movie about Facebook with David Fincher directing an Aaron Sorkin script.

I'm beyond stunned. This is like telling me that there's going to be a new band coming out that includes Flea on bass, Yoshiki Hayashi on drums, Ray Manzarek on keyboard,  Jimmy Page and zombie Jimi Hendrix on guitars and me on vocals.