timberlakefbfilm.jpg Justin Timberlake will play Sean Parker, Facebook’s founding president in the new film about the social networking website. Though it was rumored that Shia LaBeouf and Michael Cera were in talks for the role of founder Mark Zuckerberg, Variety reports that newcomer Jesse Eisenberg has snagged the gig, and Andrew Garfield will play Eduardo Saverin, the Facebook co-founder who fell out with Zuckerberg when the site took off.

The flick focuses on the evolution of Facebook and how it's overnight success and wealth changed the lives of the classmates who created it. Production will begin next month in Boston and then move to Los Angeles.