What the hell is going on? It was announced about a year ago in an equally bizarre moment that Aaron Sorkin was scripting the story of Facebook’s creation by Mark Zuckerberg. Now comes word from Variety that David Fincher (Se7en, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) might direct the film, which is now called The Social Network. First of all, what could possibly be interesting about this story in the first place? Secondly, why would David Fincher be drawn to this? Thirdly, how could this even remotely compete with the other projects Fincher has in development, like the adaptation of Black Hole by Charles Burns? Now that’s an awesome comic that is perfectly suited to Fincher’s twisted sensibilities and his interest in pushing special effects forward.
Meh. This is so very disappointing if it goes through.
