'Facebook: The Movie': Now, who should play Mark Zuckerberg?

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If a recently created group on Facebook is to be believed, entertainment stalwart Aaron Sorkin--creator of The West Wing and A Few Good Men--is working on penning a movie for Sony and producer Scott Rudin about the origins of Facebook. Someone claiming to be Sorkin's researcher created the group so that he can learn more about the site, and several hundred Facebook members have already joined.

So maybe it's real and maybe it isn't real. But let's start asking the really important questions: which young actor should play founder Mark Zuckerberg?

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg

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I say Jason Schwartzman. He's slight and prone to geeky roles, he's already played Ringo Starr and Louis XIV, and it can't be that hard for him to dye his hair blond and wax philosophical about the "social graph." Alternate: Arrested Development star Michael Cera, who already has the blond hair and can play geeks like nobody's business. (Thanks to Elliot Schimel for that suggestion.)

Give me a few more hours and I'll think of some hunky hottie who could play both Winklevoss twins, Parent Trap-style.

This does not appear to be related to Face Off, a rumored forthcoming novel from Bringing Down The House author Ben Mezrich that he and his publisher still refuse to confirm. That book, known only by a few pages of a proposal that leaked to gossip blog Gawker, is reportedly a juicy tell-all that doesn't exactly paint Zuckerberg in the fairest of colors.

[tdaloisio]

I think Tom Merritt would be an excellent future Zuckerberg in case Sorkin wants to use the flashback.

[derek328]

i honestly think Zachary Levi would do it well.

[karpenterskids]

Ooo...I love him as Chuck, but don't think he'd do well in a Facebook movie. =P

[jamesnsimo]

Easy! The guy who plays the Verizon guy in the Alltel Wireless commercials!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tqIluIi3_U

In the red shirt, spitting image!

[fb6691]

seriously? no one is going to comment on what a stupid idea this is?

oh wait... i just did

[t8]

I think Bill Gates should play Mark Zuckerberg. Yes I know that Bill isn't an actor, but it wouldn't be hard for him to play the role as they both ripped of others stuff and called it their own. Also Bill has more time on his hands as he has stepped down from his full time postion at Microsoft because he is less relevant and he doesn't want to be round when Google's income becomes bigger than Microsoft's.

They kind of look the same too, except Bill is a lot older, but nothing that a good Linux server and CGI couldn't fix.

[phylum--2008]

LOL... the haters never die, do they...

[zeboone]

This has to be some kind of horrible joke. A Facebook movie?!?? Is the company seriously this self-serving that they would even consider allowing this? They're a freakin social network...if there's gonna be a Facebook movie, there should surely be a Microsoft, Google, or Apple movie first.

[phylum--2008]

Good Lord... isn't it obvious?!? Jon Heder in full-blown Napoleon Dynamite mode!!

[hilquias]

ohoooooo