Update on 20th July, 2010 – Official trailer of ‘The Social Network’ has been released, check it out here:

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Sony Pictures’ production ‘The Social Network’ aka the facebook movie, is releasing in October 2010.
The movie is based on the early days of the worlds largest social network Facebook, and its founder Mark Zuckerberg, played by Jesse Eisenberg is the protagonist. The cast includes Justin Timberlake (Sean Parker) and Andrew Garfield (Eduardo Saverin).

The movie is inspired by a book written by author Ben Mezrich – “The Accidental Billionaires” about Zuckerberg.

Whats attracting millions of Facebook fans waiting desperately to see The Social Network is the clever tagline -

“You don’t get to 500 million friends without making a few enemies.”

The story of Facebook, which originated from a Harvard dorm room, is set receive a lot of attention due to the popularity of Facebook.com. The enemies referred to in the tagline are the supposed co-founders of Facebook, who later filed a lawsuit against Mark Zuckerberg saying that he stole the idea from the team in which they were working together and launched the website overnight unbeknownst of them.
Check out the trailer here:

Here’s a news piece from New York Times dated 26th May 2005, when facebook 1st came into limelight after getting initial seed funding.

Lets see how does Facebook.com helps in marketing the movie to its thriving customer base!
Will you buy a ticket for ‘The Social Network’?