The follow-up to Aaron Sorkin’s 2010 Facebook drama The Social Network has a new title and release date, with Jeremy Strong set to star as the site’s founder.
The Social Reckoning will hit cinemas on October 9, 2026, Sony Pictures announced Friday (September 26). Set to star in the new feature are Oscar winner Mikey Madison (Anora), Golden Globe winner Jeremy Allen White (The Bear), Bill Burr (The King of Staten Island), and Oscar nominee Strong (Succession), with the latter confirmed to play Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.
The original film, written by Sorkin and directed by David Fincher, starred Jesse Eisenberg as the Facebook founder, with Andrew Garfield as investor Eduardo Saverin and Justin Timberlake as Napster creator Sean Parker.
While Zuckerberg and others have questioned the accuracy of the portrayal, the drama was a box office hit and won numerous awards, including three Oscars.
Jeremy Strong is officially set to take over the role of Mark Zuckerberg in ‘The Social Network’ sequel, titled ‘THE SOCIAL RECKONING,’ directed by Aaron Sorkin.
Originally played by Jesse Eisenberg in the David Fincher-directed film. pic.twitter.com/buLv15z7hv
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Per Variety, the screenplay is based on Jeff Horowitz’s Wall Street Journal investigation The Facebook Files, which explored the inner workings of the company (since renamed Meta) through internal document leaks, exposing the harmful effects the social media app had on teens, as well as its wilful proliferation of misinformation, which contributed to acts of political violence.
This follows reports from back in June, where sources close to the companion piece claimed that rather than being a direct sequel, Sorkin was interested in investigating Facebook’s “effect on teens, preteens, violence and countries outside the U.S.”.
It’s also said that the January 6, 2021 riots, where supporters of Donald Trump attacked the United States Capitol, will also factor into the storytelling, something that Sorkin has discussed in the past.
Despite The Social Network being one of his most celebrated on-screen turns, Eisenberg recently distanced himself from Zuckerberg given the tech giant’s recent actions. “I don’t want to think of myself as associated with somebody like that,” he said. “It’s not like I played a great golfer or something and now people think I’m a great golfer”.
The Social Network is remembered as a defining film of the 2010s, with director Quentin Tarantino calling it the greatest film of the decade in 2020.
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