Ben Mezrich

Will Gluck in Talks to Direct Adaptation of Ben Mezrich’s SEX ON THE MOON

by Adam Chitwood    Posted: March 23rd, 2011 at 4:42 pm

Director Will Gluck (Easy A) is in talks to helm the adaptation of Ben Mezrich’s latest book Sex on the Moon. Mezrich is no stranger to film adaptations, as his book The Accidental Billionaires was adapted by Aaron Sorkin into the Oscar-winning screenplay for The Social Network. Social Network producers Scott Rudin, Michael De Luca and Dana Brunetti, as well as executive producer Kevin Spacey are collaborating once again for Sex on the Moon.

24 Frames reports that Gluck, who is busy putting the finishing touches on the Justin Timberlake/Mila Kunis vehicle Friends with Benefits, is currently in talks with Sony to direct the stranger-than-fiction story of a 25-year-old NASA scientist who hatches a plan to heist moon rocks in order to impress his girlfriend. Hit the jump for a synopsis of the book, which hits stores this July.

THE SOCIAL NETWORK Producers Pick Up Ben Mezrich’s Upcoming Book SEX ON THE MOON

by Adam Chitwood    Posted: January 18th, 2011 at 3:00 pm

While The Social Network is busy sweeping award shows left and right, the producers behind the film are gearing up for their next project by teaming with a familiar face. Author Ben Mezrich wrote a book proposal for The Accidental Billionaires which screenwriter Aaron Sorkin then adapted into the screenplay for The Social Network. It appears that Mezrich’s latest book proposal, Sex on the Moon, shows promise as well. Sony has optioned the film rights for Mezrich’s proposal and Social Network producers Scott Rudin, Michael De Luca and Dana Brunetti, as well as executive producer Kevin Spacey will collaborate on the project. 24 Frames describes the nonfiction proposal as follows:

“The new film tells the story of Thad Roberts, a once-promising young scientist working for NASA who back in 2004 hatched a crazy plan to steal highly prized moon rocks from his bosses at the Johnson Space Center and sell them on the Internet. The motivation: wanting to impress his girlfriend (i.e., ‘giving her the moon’).”

Mezrich previously penned the book 21, which Spacey snatched up and turned into a film. This project certainly sounds odd, and very much falls under the “stranger than fiction” category. Though at this point last year, the entire online film community was scratching their heads wondering why the hell David Fincher was directing a movie about facebook.

TV Spot for David Fincher’s THE SOCIAL NETWORK Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, and Justin Timberlake

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: July 30th, 2010 at 9:49 am

There’s a new TV spot for David Fincher’s Facebook movie The Social Network and it’s almost as good as the film’s trailer.  Set to Kanye West’s “Power”, this TV spot puts a bit more emphasis on the humor.  Last night, I finished reading the book on which the film is based, The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich.  The movie always has to survive separate from it source material, but looking at the trailer, I see a lot of scenes that were in the book.  It’s a good read and you should check it out.  And with Fincher at the helm working from Aaron Sorkin’s script, I think Social Network should turn out much better than adaptation of Mezrich’s Bringing Down the House (which became the disappointing and whitewashed 21).

Hit the jump to check out the new TV spot.  The Social Network opens on October 1st.

THE SOCIAL NETWORK Accepts Friend Requests from Justin Timberlake, Jesse Eisenberg, and Andrew Garfield

by Ramses Flores    Posted: September 3rd, 2009 at 11:50 am

David Fincher’s “The Social Network” has now found its cast. According to a rumor that popped up on Facebook itself, Jesse Eisenberg has been cast as Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. Meanwhile, Andrew Garfield will play Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin. The big surprise though, at least to me, is that Justin Timberlake has also supposedly been cast as the internet entrepreneur who was behind Napster, Sean Parker.  You can read some more about “The Social Network” when you hit the jump.

David Fincher’s THE SOCIAL NETWORK Gets a Status Update

by Ramses Flores    Posted: August 23rd, 2009 at 7:11 pm

Remember when it was announced that Hollywood was going to be making a Facebook movie?  Everyone was, like, “What? Why? This is stupid.”   Do you guys also remember when it was later on announced a couple of weeks later that superstar writer Aaron Sorkin was going to be writing the script and everyone was, like, “Are you kidding me?”  Then, do you guys remember when David Fincher was brought on board to direct this Facebook movie and everyone was, like, “………..”   Well, this instantly infamous Facebook movie has now been given the greenlight and it will now officially be David Fincher’s next film.  To find out more about “The Social Network” and why it might be an amazing film follow me after the jump.

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