Core Cast for David Fincher's The Social Network Named

Adventureland star Jesse Eisenberg will portray Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and singer Justin Timberlake will portray Silicon Valley mainstay Sean Parker in The Social Network, director David Fincher’s film adaptation and Aaron Sorkin’s scripted drama of Ben Mezrich’s book The Accidental Billionaires.

Variety.com reports, “The pic focuses on the evolution of Facebook, the social network created in 2004 on the Harvard campus. And how overnight success and wealth changes the lives of the classmates who created it. The trio were the subject of internet rumors as Fincher zeroed in on his leads.”

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