Update!: THE SOCIAL NETWORK Casting Rumor: JT, Eisenberg And Garfield

UPDATE: Variety has confirmed this casting info to be TRUE. Eisenberg, JT, and Garfield are indeed in this movie THE SOCIAL NETWORK respectively as Zuckerberg, Parker and Saverin

Forget Michael Cera or Shia Labeouf, because if the following rumor gets confirmed, we might have the lead cast for THE SOCIAL NETWORK, the biopic about the birth and rise of FACEBOOK, which was greenlit not too long ago. The actor rumored to play Facebook founder, the billionaire Mark Zuckerberg, is Jesse Eisenberg, at least that’s what Scriptshadow said. I’m not so sure how to judge Eisenberg yet, he’s just like Cera, entertaining and yet always the same guy in all his movies. There’s more, the one rumored to play the co-founder Napster founder, Sean Parker is Justin Timberlake. He was not too shabby in Black Snake Moan and Alpha Dog and I think Timberlake would be decent in this role but I understand why WB didn’t pick him as THE GREEN LANTERN.
Last but not least, the actor rumored to play Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin, is Andrew Garfield, he’s the dude from Lions For Lambs and will next be seen in the upcoming THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS

Fight Club and Benjamin Button director David Fincher is officially locked in to direct, using a script by Aaron Sorkin based on the book The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook, a Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal by Ben Mezrich (check out synopsis), via slashfilm. The deal has been signed and Scott Rudin, Kevin Spacey and Dana Brunetti will be producing. Production starts this October in Cambridge and Boston with a budget of $47 Million