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Adam Sandler Acquires Rights To Viral Video “Pixels”

Amit Chowdhry — Wed, 19 May 2010 05:33:05 +0000

Adam Sandler has acquired the rights to a viral video called “Pixels.” Pixels came out about a week ago and was created by Patrick Jean of Onemoreproduction. The viral video depicts a bunch of retro video game characters taking over New York City. The acquisition was made through Adam Sandley’s Happy Madison production company. Happy Madison bought the rights to the video with the help of Columbia Pictures. Below is the original Pixels video:

[Moviefone]

Unofficial Facebook Movie “The Social Network” Filming In October

Amit Chowdhry — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 07:16:18 +0000

Columbia Pictures is making a movie based on the life of Mark Zuckerberg. The movie is called “The Social Network.” Aaron Sorkin wrote the screenplay for A Few Good Men and wrote the TV show The West Wing.

The Social Network movie is based on the book The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich. David Fincher, the Director of Fight Club will be directing The Social Network. Supposedly the script of the movie is actually really good in case some of you out there are worried about whether the movie will actually be worth watching.

Even though the movie is based on Zuckerberg’s life, the Facebook CEO never gave his input. As a matter of fact, none of the Facebook employees were allowed to give any input to the movie makers.

David Fincher May Direct A Facebook Movie

Amit Chowdhry — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:07:38 +0000

David Fincher was a movie director for Fight Club, Se7en, and Panic Room. Now he is being considered to direct a movie that revolves around the growth of Facebook and the life of Mark Zuckerberg. The working title of the movie is called “The Social Network” and Columbia Pictures is in advanced talks with Fincher.

The movie will start with Zuckerberg’s creation of the social network while at Harvard University back in 2004 to the point where it has over 200 million users today.

Scott Rudin and Michael De Luca would be the producers. Kevin Spacey and Dana Brunetti may also be involved. The author of the script is Aaron Sorkin. Columbia hopes to begin production later this year. Another rumor about the movie is that Michael Cera and Shia LaBeouf are being looked at to play the role of Mark Zuckerberg.

[via Variety/Mashable]