Aaron Sorkin's THE SOCIAL NETWORK Sequel Cast, Title and Release Date Announced

The sequel to Academy Award winner Aaron Sorkin's acclaimed film "The Social Network" is gearing up for production and Sony has made an official announcement offering several details about the follow-up. The sequel will be titled "The Social Reckoning", and it will be released in theters on October 9, 2026. Filming is expected to begin next month.

The cast will include Oscar winner Mikey Madison ("Anora", "Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood"), Golden Globe and Emmy Award winner Jeremy Allen White ("The Bear", "Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere"), Emmy and Grammy nominee Bill Burr ("Old Dads", "The King of Staten Island") and Oscar nominee Jeremy Strong ("The Apprentice", "Succession"). Strong is confirmed to play Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.

Sorkin writes and directs "The Social Reckoning", and also produces alongside Todd Black, Peter Rice and Stuart Besser.

The sequel has been described as a companion piece to "The Social Network" that will focus on events that take place nearly two decades after the boy-genius programmer and a troupe of tech pioneers invented what would go on to become the world's largest social media platform. "The Social Reckoning" tells the true story of how Frances Haugen (Madison), a young Facebook engineer, enlists the help of Jeff Horwitz (White), a Wall Street Journal reporter, to go on a dangerous journey that ends up blowing the whistle on the social network's most guarded secrets.

Horwitz's reporting, a series of articles known as "The Facebook Files", was published in 2021 and exposed Facebook for its harmful effects on teens and its knowing proliferation of misinformation, which contributed to acts of political violence.

"The Social Network" was released in theaters in October 2010, grossing $226 million worldwide and receiving eight Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture. It won for Sorkin's Adapted Screenplay (loosely based on Ben Mezrich's book "The Accidental Billionaires"), Film Editing and Original Score (Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross).

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Aaron Sorkin to Write and Direct THE SOCIAL NETWORK PART II

"The Social Network" isn't on my list of movies I expected to get a sequel. Yet, here we are. Aaron Sorkin has been set to direct and write a sequel tentatively titled "The Social Network Part II" for Sony Pictures. Furthermore, the film is said to not be a straight sequel, but rather a follow-up to the original movie. It's still in very early pre-production, but it seems that Sorkin is already looking for his cast.

The 2010 biopic was directed by David Fincher from a script by Sorkin based on the 2009 book "The Accidental Billionaires" by Ben Mezrich, and it chronicled the origins of Facebook and its creator Mark Zuckerberg. The cast featured Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, Armie Hammer and Max Minghella. It was a critical and commercial success, grossing $224 million worldwide against a $40 million budget. It went on to receive eight Oscar nominations, winning for Best Adapted Screenplay, Original Score and Editing.

In the sequel, Sorkin will explore the story behind the Wall Street Journal's "The Facebook Files" by Jeff Horowitz, an explosive series of articles published in October 2021 that exposed the inner workings of — and multiple harms caused by — the world's largest social network. The new film project is in development with Todd Black, Peter Rice, Sorkin and Stuart Besser producing.

Throughout the years, Sorkin has expressed his interest in doing a follow-up, but couldn't find the right angle. Following the events of January 6, 2021, when the U.S. Capitol was attacked, Sorkin found new inspiration saying in an interview last year that he believed Facebook played a part. According to sources, the new film is not a "January 6" movie and will focus not just on the 2020 election but also Facebook's effect on teens, preteens, violence and countries outside the U.S.

Sorkin's previous directing credits include "Molly's Game", "The Trial of the Chicago 7" and "Being the Ricardos".

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British Academy Film Awards Winners

It was a good night at the BAFTAs for "The King's Speech" who won 7 awards, including Best Film. "The Social Network", "Inception" and "Alice in Wonderland" got 3 awards each, the latter two for technical achievements. It's interesting how the British Academy voters split top honors between "The King's Speech" and "The Social Network". While the "King" earned Best Film, Fincher won for Director, which is what will probably happen at the Academy Awards as well. "Black Swan" went home with only one win, for Leading Actress, Natalie Portman. A full list of winners after the jump :