Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX) Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos has announced that in late 2012, the company will be streaming the series “House of Cards” exclusively. “House of Cards” is a political thriller that has David Fincher as the Executive Producer and stars Kevin Spacey.

Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX) is facing immense competition from companies like Hulu, Redbox, Apple, Google, etc. In order to distinguish themselves from others, they are considering to spend $100 million on original video content. As a matter of fact, Netflix is starting out by investing in an original series called “House of Cards” directed by David Fincher and Kevin Spacey. Netflix outbid other TV networks, including HBO and AMC to get their hands on the series. [BusinessInsider]

The movie about Facebook that is being directed by David Fincher and published by Columbia Pictures is slated to hit theaters on October 15, 2010. The movie was written by Aaron Sorkin and stars Jesse Eisenberg (pictured), Justin Timberlake, Joe Mazzello, and Andrew Garfield. Eisenberg will be playing Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Justin Timberlake will be playing Napster co-founder and former Facebook advisor Sean Parker. Andrew Garfield is playing Eduardo Saverin, a Facebook co-founder who ended up quitting as a disagreement with Zuckerberg over money.

I haven’t yet read the book that the movie is based on, but I think it would be interesting if they also include the three people that Zuckerberg supposedly stole code from: Tyler Winklevoss, Cameron Winklevoss, and Divya Narendra. Supposedly those three individuals made $65 million as part of a settlement with their company ConnectU and Facebook this past February.

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 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]