FROM MTV.COM: Last year, Kevin Spacey produced and starred in a film about making big bets and winning piles of cash: "21," based on a book by Ben Mezrich, followed a crew of MIT whiz kids who counted cards and attempted to bring down the house in Las Vegas. Now Spacey is producing another Mezrich adaptation about another whiz kid who made a big bet and became a billionaire: "The Social Network," based on the writer's brand-new book, "The Accidental Billionaires," tells the story of how Mark Zuckerberg turned a little dorm-room project into Facebook.

When MTV News had a chance to speak with Spacey, who was promoting his Hollywood therapist flick "Shrink," the Academy Award winner dished the inside scoop about when they'll be announcing a director, who might portray the 25-year-old Zuckerberg, and if he'll have a role in the film.

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- Biting the hand that feeds him: Robert Downey Jr. and Tina Fey to voice characters in “Mastermind,” an animated send-up of the superhero genre. (EW)

- Bid for a walk-on role in “Spider-Man 4.” “Spider-Man 4” still not officially cast. (Ebay via Slashfilm)

- From the WTF files: Aaron Sorkin crafting movie about Facebook. My Friendster account, meanwhile, goes sadly unnoticed. (Vulture)

- “Tropic Thunder” fake film “Rain of Madness” now available for free on itunes. (ComingSoon)

Welcome to Sundance 2008, where your MTV News movie team is once again on the ground, and Colin Farrell is already on the red carpet professing his plans to party.

More about that later, but to whet your appetite for the days ahead, here are a few fast facts about the latest edition of Robert Redford's annual party:

- Saturday’s highly-anticipated premiere of “U2 3D” will be the first of the slick, new-school three-dimensional films (think 'Beowulf') to ever screen at Sundance. A special projector had to be installed in the Eccles Theater, but with names like Cameron, Zemeckis and Lucas developing films for the medium, the timing is right.

- The darlings of Sundance this year? 23-year-old Melonie Diaz has no fewer than four films in Park City. More shockingly, Tom Arnold is engineering a comeback with three of his own. Read more...