As expected: NYT reporter Nick Bilton's treacherous Twitter tale has been optioned for the (small) screen—Lionsgate is going to spin it into a TV series, with the same producer as "The Hunger Games," which is oddly appropriate.

Sony and "several other major Hollywood studios" are interested in turning Nick Bilton's book, Hatching Twitter, into a movie, TV series, or Netflix-style original, reports TechCrunch. Which method actor will have to get his nose pierced to play young Jack Dorsey?