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So, you heard about this Facebook movie they're making, right? About the social networking site's rocky, apparently scandalous path to becoming the greatest thing since sliced bread? Well, apparently acclaimed director David Fincher is circling the project, which makes it sound a lot more interesting to us. Still, it's about the development and sale of a Website. Doesn't that sound kinda, I dunno, boring? Not like Flash of Genius "I invented the windshield wiper" boring, but maybe The Late Shift "who will host this TV show?" boring? Considering Fincher's body of work, there are a bunch more Facebook-related movie ideas we'd love to see him apply his talents to. Here are five.
Facebook + Zodiac + Se7en = Change of Status
A series of bizarre slayings plague the streets of New York City, and the only thing they find in common is that all of the victims were logged into their Facebook accounts at the time of death. What's more, all of their status messages were updated around the same time, to "Deceased." With no other leads to follow, the detective working the case (Jake Gyllenhaal) befriends all of the victims through his personal Facebook account, and is drawn into a nightmare from which there is no logging off.
Facebook + Panic Room = Friend Request
When a burglar breaks into her apartment, a newspaper columnist (Jodie Foster) seals herself up in her panic room, where she has an Internet connection, but no phone. Her e-mail system is down, as well, so when she tries to reach out to people through her new Facebook account, she discovers that the intruder can see her panicky status updates, which means that he must be one of her friends. Not knowing who to trust, she realizes that she has to make some new friends, fast, before he gets through the panic room door.
Facebook + The Game = Mafia Wars
Businessman Michael Douglas accepts an invitation from a Facebook friend to play "Mafia Wars," then quickly forgets all about it, ignoring any further notifications. But when goons in track suits and thugs with violin cases start following him around and threatening his family, he realizes that the only way to survive the game... is to actually play it. Now he has only 24 hours to become Boss, or everyone he loves gets whacked.
Facebook + Fight Club = Superpoke
Edward Norton plays a slacker who works a boring desk job and lives a boring life, and he spends every free minute he has on Facebook. So when he gets an event invitation to something called "The 'Book Club" he decides to go check it out. Naturally, it's an underground fight league, where Facebookers smack the hell out of each other and post pictures on the 'Book Club homepage. But the 'Book Club may have more sinister designs than just a little light pugilism.
Facebook + The Curious Case of Benjamin Button = Age/Sex/Location
While doing a story on prominent Facebook personalities, a reporter (Cate Blanchett) meets Sam, apparently a Facebook mainstay since the site's earliest incarnation. But looking at the pictures in his gallery, she notices that the person labeled "Sam" in each picture changes from time-stamp to time-stamp. In pictures from June, "Sam" is a white, teenage boy; in pictures from July, an 80-year-old black woman. Every month, "Sam" is an entirely different person. Trying to pin Sam down in an online interview is frustrating at best, so the reporter arranges a face-to-face meeting. But what she learns about who (and what) Sam is may be more than she bargained for.
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Sorry, but I suspect even the above options could not fix a movie about the product-placement business that is Facebook.
Well, they're making a musical about MySpace. Why not a movie about Facebook? After all, Facebook must one-up MySpace in ALL THINGS.
And boy, am I glad I didn't join Mafia Wars.
Facebook + The Curious Case of Benjamin Button = Age/Sex/Location ... that one could actually be good. :)
I wouldn't have thought it possible, but these sound even dumber than the dumb movie they are actually making.
I think the Panic Room one actually sounds...like it could be good. Weird.
Oh, except without Jodie Foster, I kind of can't stand her.
Amazing. I actually heard the trailer voice off on my mind.
Age/Sex/Location left me wanting more.....how sad this movie will never exist!
I wouldgo see Change of Status and Friend Request in a heartbeat :-)
I like the sound of Age/Sex/Location, Mafia Wars, and Friend Request. Do a treatment, pronto!
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