'The Social Reckoning' Sequel Announces New Cast Members

The cast of The Social Reckoning continues to take shape.

The sequel to the acclaimed biopic The Social Networkby the screenwriter and director Aaron Sorkinand the study Sony Picturesannounced new signings.

The cast adds to Billy Magnussen (Lilo & Stitch), Betty Gilpin (The Hunt), Gbenga Akinnagbe (A House of Dynamite), Anna Lambe (True Detective: Night Country), Nelson Franklin, Aidan Laprete, Kelley Pereira, Portia Doubleday (Mr. Robot), Patrick Fischler (American Fiction), Joey Brooks (Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty), Sierra Capri (On My Block), y Tehmina Sunny (Partner Track), Deadline reported.

Sorkin, screenwriter of the original installment, will be the screenwriter and director of the new installment. The script was inspired by a series of articles that Jeff Horwitz wrote for The Wall Street Journal, known as The Facebook Files.

By the way, It will not be a direct sequel.

All of them join the previously announced protagonists, Mikey Madison (Anora), Jeremy Strong (Succession), Jeremy Allen White (The Bear), Bill Burr (The King of Staten Island), y Wunmi Mosaku (Sinners, Lovecraft Country).

Madison will play Frances Haugen, the data engineer turned whistleblower who went to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Wall Street Journal with her information; Strong as Mark Zuckerberg, and White as former WSJ tech reporter Jeff Horowitz, who leads the leak of Facebook files.

Production is happening right now in Vancouver, Canada.

Described as a companion piece to The Social NetworkSorkin's script 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 undertake a dangerous journey that ends up revealing the social network's best-kept secrets.

The acclaimed 2010 film focused on the creation of Facebook, now known as Meta.

As we can see, the sequel instead will explore the story behind The Wall Street Journal's The Facebook Filesan explosive series of articles published in October 2021 that They exposed the inner workings of the largest social network in the world and multiple damage that this cause. The series of damaging WSJ articles revealed the grisly details of Facebook's inner workings.

Sorkin's script will focus on The company's own reports about Facebook's negative approaches to teens, tweens, violence, and countries outside the United States. As well as the disinformation that proliferates and causes violence, and how it contributed to the attempted coup on January 6, 2021.

The sequel will be produced by Sorkin, Todd Black, Peter Rice, and Stuart Besser.

The 2010 drama, written by Sorkin and directed by David Fincher, inspired by the book by Ben Mezrich, The Accidental Billionairestells us the story of the creation and consolidation of Facebook. During the climax we witness how Mark Zuckerberg He has taken it upon himself to distance himself from his entire environment to achieve success, but real life has continued for more than a decade and there would be a lot of material to explore and address in this present.

The Social Network is one of the highest-rated films in Fincher and Sorkin's filmography; was winner of three Oscarsincluding Best Adapted Screenplay for Sorkin. At the global box office it grossed more than $226 million dollars. It was distributed by Sony Pictures.

And although Sorkin had previously assured that he would not write the script for a sequel for anyone other than Fincher, in the fifteen years since the release of La red socialSorkin has gained experience behind the scenes, as a director of projects such as Molly’s Game (2017), The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020), y Being the Ricardos (2021).

Sony Pictures is planning the theatrical release of The Social Reckoning to October 9, 2026.