April 24, 2024

Facebook IPO is official: $38 per share, on sale tomorrow under ticker symbol ‘FB’

We largely steer clear of companies going public here at Engadget, but Facebook and its zillions of users warrants an atypical tip of the hat. The outfit has announced that starting tomorrow, 421,233,615 shares of its common stock will be up for grabs at a price to the public of $ 38 per share. It'll trade on the NASDAQ under the symbol "FB," with … [Read more...]

Strong To Pen “Lost Symbol” Adaptation

Danny Strong ("Recount") has been hired pen the newest draft of the adaptation of Dan Brown's third Robert Langdon book "The Lost Symbol" for Sony Pictures reports Deadline. The story is set around Washington DC where the head of the Smithsonian Institute has been kidnapped and Langdon gets mixed up in a tale blending the Freemasons, Noetic … [Read more...]

Ron Howard Opts Out Of “Lost Symbol”

He's filmed two of them, now Ron Howard looks to have bowed out of directing the film adaptation of author Dan Brown's third Robert Langdon adventure "The Lost Symbol" at Sony Pictures reports Deadline. A source tells the site that “Ron told Amy Pascal and Michael Lynton that he was not going to be directing Dan Brown’s novels anymore. He just … [Read more...]