Pop star Justin Timberlake has landed a role in an upcoming movie about the meteoric rise of social networking website Facebook, it was reported Wednesday.

Timberlake, 28, will play Facebook's founding president Sean Parker in the film, titled "The Social Network," which is to be directed by Oscar-nominated filmmaker David Fincher, Variety reported.

Timberlake's movie career has included a voice role in the "Shrek" animated blockbusters as well as "The Open Road" and "Alpha Dog."

Jesse Eisenberg, whose films include "Adventureland" and "The Hunting Party," is to play Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, the report added.

Variety said that the Facebook movie would focus on the evolution of the website from its creation in 2004 by student Zuckerberg into a global phenomenon with more than 200 million members.

Source: AFP