Aaron Sorkin has been shifting ahead with a (unfastened) follow-up to The Social Community for a while, however Sony Photos has made it official with a title, launch date, and full solid. Whereas dialogue of a follow-up to The Social Community had been floated since 2019, it was not till June 2025 that the movie’s authentic scribe, Sorkin, confirmed he was each writing and directing a follow-up to the Academy Award-nominated image. Since then, rumors have circulated that latest Finest Actress winner Mikey Madison would star within the movie, which might heart on the main points revealed within the 2021 “The Fb Information” Wall Avenue Journal articles that uncovered Fb’s consciousness of the dangerous societal results of the social media platform.
The Social Reckoning will open in theaters on October 9, 2026, in line with Selection. The movie is described as a “companion piece” to The Social Community and can star Mikey Madison (Anora), Jeremy Allen White (The Bear), Invoice Burr (The King of Staten Island), and Jeremy Robust (Succession), who will step into the position of Mark Zuckerberg, beforehand performed by Jessie Eisenberg. The movie will heart on whistleblower Frances Haugen (Madison), a younger Fb engineer who enlists the assistance of Wall Avenue Journal reporter Jeff Horwitz (White) to jot down a sequence of exposés about Fb and Instagram’s dangerous results on youngsters and the corporate’s data of the proliferation of misinformation on their websites.
Nice Expectations on ‘The Social Reckoning’
Whereas not a direct sequel to The Social Community, as authentic director David Fincher shouldn’t be concerned, it would not be stunning to see Sony Photos discover the connections between the 2 movies within the advertising. The studio is aiming for the same launch window for The Social Reckoning, following the identical path as The Social Community, which premiered in theaters on October 1, 2010. At the moment, The Social Reckoning will open reverse Common Photos’ horror movie, The Different Mommy, and Paramount Photos’ The Legend of Aang: The Final Airbender, the function movie continuation of the favored sequence.
The Social Reckoning goes to be a film that many individuals shall be watching carefully. Sorkin is undoubtedly among the finest screenwriters in Hollywood, however his directorial efforts in Molly’s Sport and The Trial of the Chicago 7 have been criticized for feeling flat of their staging, which contrasts sharply with Fincher’s deliberate and cautious visible decisions in The Social Community. There may be additionally possible some disappointment that Eisenberg shouldn’t be reprising his position as Mark Zuckerberg.
In fact, as historical past has proven, following up on an Academy Award-nominated movie is difficult. The most effective-case state of affairs is that you just get The Godfather Half II, which is extensively considered good, if not higher, than the unique. One other state of affairs is Rocky II or Gladiator II, the place it won’t be pretty much as good as the primary, however it’s nonetheless entertaining. In the meantime, the worst-case state of affairs is Joker: Folie à Deux, a sequel that flopped with critics and audiences alike. Hopefully, that will not be the case for The Social Reckoning, as its central themes really feel as related right now as The Social Community was in 2010.