Emma Watson has now been set to star in James Ponsoldt’s adaptation of Dave Eggers’ book
The Circle. Watson, stars opposite Tom Hanks
as a young woman who is hired for a big job in an Internet monopoly
called the Circle, which links users’ personal emails, social media,
banking, and purchasing with their universal operating system, resulting
in one online identity and a new age of civility and transparency.
About
The Circle :
When Mae Holland is hired to work for the Circle, the world’s most
powerful internet company, she feels she’s been given the opportunity of
a lifetime. The Circle, run out of a sprawling California campus, links
users’ personal emails, social media, banking, and purchasing with
their universal operating system, resulting in one online identity and a
new age of civility and transparency. As Mae tours the open-plan office
spaces, the towering glass dining facilities, the cozy dorms for those
who spend nights at work, she is thrilled with the company’s modernity
and activity.
There are parties that last through the night, there are
famous musicians playing on the lawn, there are athletic activities and
clubs and brunches, and even an aquarium of rare fish retrieved from the
Marianas Trench by the CEO. Mae can’t believe her luck, her great
fortune to work for the most influential company in the world—even as
life beyond the campus grows distant, even as a strange encounter with a
colleague leaves her shaken, even as her role at the Circle becomes
increasingly public.
What begins as the captivating story of one woman’s
ambition and idealism soon becomes a heart-racing novel of suspense,
raising questions about memory, history, privacy, democracy, and the
limits of human knowledge.
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