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Eisenberg, Timberlake, and Garfield Get Busy with 'The Social Network'
Filed under: Drama », Casting »
It's time to give props to Cinematical reader RMM, who defied Peter Martin's question in June, "Would you rather: Cera or LaBeouf as Facebook Founder?" and responded with: "Jesse Eisenberg." Variety reports that the main players have now been cast in David Fincher's Facebook flick The Social Network, and they are -- Eisenberg, Justin Timberlake, and Andrew Garfield.Eisenberg has zoomed beyond Cera and LaBeouf to play Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, while Timberlake will take on Sean Parker -- the guy who co-founded Napster before becoming the Facecrack's founding president, and finally Andrew Garfield will play Eduardo Saverin the other co-founder of Facebook "who fell out with Zuckerberg over money." If you're not familiar with that last name, you'll soon see him as one of the leads in Terry Gilliam's The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.
Gotta say -- the dry premise is sounding continually more appetizing as things play out. It's hard to beat a mix of Aaron Sorkin and David Fincher, Eisenberg picks some pretty sweet gigs (Roger Dodger!), and I think this trio will work quite well together. But how about you? Can Fincher's style and this cast make a movie about Internet networking a thrill of a big-screen experience?
Would You Rather: Cera or LaBeouf as Facebook Founder?
Filed under: Drama », Casting », RumorMonger »
Prehistoric caveman or action hero? As our own Jenni Miller recently posted, David Fincher is in talks to direct The Social Network (AKA "The Facebook Movie"). Naturally enough, speculation has begun on who could play Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. CNET News was told by "an entertainment industry source" that Michael Cera and Shia LaBeouf are among the top choices.
But they're on the top of the list for just about any movie featuring a 20-something lead, aren't they? Would either one be suited for the role? The red hot LaBeouf would seem the more logical choice ... except that he's already set for Money Never Sleeps (AKA Wall Street 2) and has The Associate (based on John Grisham's latest best seller) in development. One's about the financial industry, the other takes place in the legal system; a third movie set in the business world in the next couple of years might prematurely age his star.
Cera might be the better choice. Even though Year One flopped, he was the second banana and doesn't seem to have suffered from the box office fallout. The upcoming Youth in Revolt and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World could cement his appeal, setting him up for a dramatic turn with a very talented director. I'm curious to see if he can expand beyond his usual shtick; at the same time, his comic chops could come in handy, depending on Aaron Sorkin's script.
Would you rather see Michael Cera or Shia LaBeouf as Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg? If not them, then who?
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