London, June 25 : `The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' director David Fincher is in talks to helm Facebook: The Movie, according to reports.

The Columbia Pictures film will focus on Mark Zuckerberg, who launched the social networking site in 2004 after creating it as a tool for Harvard university students.

Zuckerberg, 25, is "the youngest billionaire on earth and possibly the youngest self-made billionaire ever," according to Forbes magazine.

Aaron Sorkin, writer of hit television series `The West Wing', has penned the script of the film, provisionally titled `The Social Network', reports the Telegraph.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Fincher is in advanced negotiations to direct the film.

The history of Facebook is a controversial one and the film is likely to shed light on the rift between Zuckerberg and a group of Harvard classmates who claimed he stole the idea from them.

The movie is set to begin production later this year. (ANI)