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Netflix Announces Exclusivity Of Kevin Spacey’s and David Fincher’s “House of Cards”

Amit Chowdhry — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 19:07:54 +0000

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.

There will be at least 26 episodes of “House of Cards.” The series is inspired by a BBC mini-series from the 1990s. The BBC series was originally written as a novel by former UK Conservative Party Chief of Staff Michael Dobbs. It explores darkness of British politics that happened after the Thatcher era. Spacey will be acting as a politician that wants the top job. Fincher, known for directing The Social Network movie will be directing the pilot that was written by Beau Willimon.

[Netflix Blog]

Netflix Considering Spending $100 Million On Original Videos

Amit Chowdhry — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 01:21:50 +0000

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 Social Network Movie Slated To Hit Theaters On October 15, 2010

Amit Chowdhry — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:31:02 +0000

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.

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]