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Justin Timberlake to Star in Facebook Movie

1:52 p.m. · September 23, 2009 · by Mark Lyda

Justin Timberlake is set to star in a movie about the founding of facebook, reports Variety, via NME. Timberlake will play Napster co-founder and eventual Facebook founding president Sean Parker.

The Social Network, written by Aaron Sorkin (The West Wing, Sports Night) focuses on how the overnight success of Facebook changed the lives of the Harvard classmates involved in its founding.

Jesse Eisenberg (Adventureland) will play Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg and Andrew Garfield will play co-founder Eduardo Saverin. Filming begins next month.