Jeffrey Katzenberg’s new digital startup Quibi is creating a series based on the rise of Snapchat. And yes, even Katzenberg sees the similarities to “The Social Network,” the 2010 movie about the birth and growth of Facebook.
“We want to tell a story that is as compelling and interesting about the creation of Snapchat and [founder Evan Spiegel’s] story as ‘[The] Social Network’ was for Facebook,” Katzenberg said Friday at Austin’s South by Southwest (SXSW), according to TechCrunch.
The series will be based on screenwriter Elissa Karasik’s “Frat Boy Genius,” one of the most anticipated projects in Hollywood after it landed at the top of the 2018 Black List.