Fincher's 'The Social Network' Opening October 15

Yesterday, we updated a story from earlier yesterday about Resident Evil: Afterlife. It was strongly rumored that the movie was having production issues stemming from the incorpororation of 3-D and would be pushed into 2011 from August 2010. Milla Jovovich Tweeted that it hadn't happened, but then it did. And that was our update: Afterlife is now January 14, 2011. There was more news from Sony yesterday, too, as the studio announced a release date for The Social Network. Coming Soon reports that October 15, 2010 is the perfect time to find out more about the history of Facebook. The film is an odd mix: Facebook + screenwriter Aaron Sorkin + director David Fincher + Zombieland's Jesse Eisenberg + Justin Timberlake. The movie is currently in production (it got underway in October), and under normal circumstances, I'd say that's plenty of time. Besides, studios always unveil their annual schedule so that, well, so that they can have a schedule. However, this is David Fincher, and he's been known to keep his own schedule from time to time. Perfection takes time, I guess. However, I can't see how this presents Fincher many potential production snafus or a prolonged shoot. Yep, I said "prolonged shoot." You're welcome. Anyway, it should probably stay on course from that perspective. But the studios have had a habit over the past year or two of moving stuff around - see Resident Evil earlier in this article - and then and when one thing moves, it impacts more than just that film. There's usually a domino effect that takes quite a while to see clearly. But for the time being: October 15th for your Facebook movie.