It would appear; but this is not officially confirmed that Aaron Sorkin of Hollywood fame is supposedly working on a Facebook movie. What the movie would be about is anyone’s guess. I only write about this to put a more scrutinizing lens on what many bloggers are reporting (and it appears quite blindly).

There has been a facebook group started: Aaron Sorkin and The Facebook Movie (3000+ members) and it would appear that the photos and all the responses are coming directly from Aaron Sorkin. Either this is legit or a great hoax. We can’t confirm either. If it is in fact true, this would be the earliest buzz building campaign that I have ever seen on a social network around a movie.

According to Aaron: “Welcome. I’m Aaron Sorkin. I understand there are a few other people using Facebook pages under my name–which I find more flattering than creepy–but this is me. I don’t know how I can prove that but feel free to test me.” “I honestly don’t know how this works, which is why I’m here. If anyone has any questions I’d be happy to answer them as best I can. If anyone has any comments I’m glad to listen. And if anyone has any Facebook stories I think they might be helpful.”

After spending some time looking at the photos and all of Aaron’s responses I would say this is possibly legit or a brilliant hoax. Only time will flush out the truth. If only Aaron would record a video and put it in the group then we would know it was him. Anything short of that leaves it to speculation. I won’t believe it until I see a video from Sorkin in the facebook group that explains what he is doing.

All these other bloggers are falling for the story. I am not a believer just yet. It is relatively easy to fake who you are on facebook if you want to.

The interesting thing is that you can’t see Aaron’s actual page or request friendship with him. I have never seen this before for any member on facebook (It is entirely possible that he might have his privacy settings dialed all the way down). Here is the supposed location of his profile should be based on the facebook ID: http://www.new.facebook.com/s.php?k=100000080&id=751644765 The creator of the group is Ian Reichbach and it would appear that he has many friends in the LA area and the movie industry. I am waiting for a response from him regarding the group. Worthy of note is that he does not have a single friend that is an employee of facebook.

It is not surprising that there would be an idea for a facebook movie. Facebook is an international phenomenon. The culture change that facebook has facilitated just might be worthy of telling in movie form.

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