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Oh, a Google Movie Now?

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Just in case that Facebook movie ends up making some ca$h, Groundswell Productions has teamed with producer John Morris and bought the movie rights to Ken Auletta's book Googled: The End of the World as We Know It. The internet is the future of overly-serious biopics! While David Fincher's Facebook focuses on the conflicts that emerged among the company's young entrepreneurs and Radiohead covers, the Google film will reportedly take a look at founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page as they attempt to stay true to their "don't be evil" credo in the face of their quickly-gained power. Sounds like the Star Wars prequels, only somehow nerdier, and more forthcoming about how boring it will be.

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