Aaron Sorkin is diving again into the world of Facebook with a “Social Network” follow-up that includes Jeremy Strong as Mark Zuckerberg and a newly minted Oscar winner as a whistleblower.
Sony Pictures mentioned that “The Social Reckoning” will star Mikey Madison (“Anora”) as Facebook engineer Frances Haugen and Jeremy Allen White as then-Wall Street Journal reporter Jeff Horwitz. Haugen leaked hundreds of pages of inside Facebook data to the Journal, yielding a 2021 investigation referred to as the “Facebook Files.” The sequence of tales alleged the social media large was prioritizing earnings over security and hiding its personal analysis from traders and the general public.
Sorkin is writing and directing the “The Social Reckoning” which is being described not as a sequel to “The Social Network” however a “companion piece.” The studio plans to launch the movie in theaters in October 2026. Bill Burr has additionally been solid in an unspecified function.
“The Social Network,” which Sorkin wrote, and David Fincher directed, was a essential and field workplace hit, incomes over $226 million globally in 2010 and eight Oscar nominations and three wins. Jesse Eisenberg performed Zuckerberg within the 2010 movie, in regards to the litigious origins of the social media web site.
Strong was lately nominated for an Oscar for his portrayal of Roy Cohn in “The Apprentice.” Madison received greatest actress earlier this 12 months.
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