Facebook is now targeting Hollywood.

Facebook has just released a fan template called Facebook film that is aimed at filmmakers, studios and music companies. In a nutshell facebook is promoting movies, music and encouraging fans.

From the page

Join thousands of filmmakers all over the world who are now using Facebook to connect with fans and discover new ones.

Products: A Facebook Film Page is a free, flexible, easy-to-build presence that lets you engage fans and bring your film to life in new ways:

- Showcase behind-the-scenes videos and photos

- Enable users to post reviews and comments

- Let users purchase tickets and check showtimes

- Allow your content to spread virally through user interactions with your Page, and be discovered

Become a fan of this Page and get updates about all the new features we're adding to Film on Facebook.

I firmly believe that facebook is now resorting to gimmicky features to encourage users to stay at facebook rather than flocking to other sites. In this case movies and music are being used to help retain members. I think this is just the beginning of many acts of desperation from facebook to keep users.

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