Jesse Eisenberg and Justin Timberlake to Star in The Social Network Film
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Film and stage star Jesse Eisenberg and pop music star and Emmy Award winner Justin Timberlake will headline the film The Social Network, about the formation of Facebook, according to Variety.
In the film, to be directed by David Fincher and written by Aaron Sorkin, Eisenberg will play founder Mark Zuckerberg, and Timberlake will play Sean Parker, the Napster co-founder who became Facebook’s founding president. The film will also star Andrew Garfield as Eduardo Saverin, the Facebook co-founder who fell out with Zuckerberg.
Eisenberg co-starred in the Atlantic Theater Company’s production of Scarcity; his other film credits include Rodger Doger, The Village, The Squid and the Whale, and the upcoming Kill Your Darlings and Zombieland.
