After years of sharing his hopes for The Social Community 2, it was reported in June that Aaron Sorkin is certainly writing and directing a follow-up to the Academy Award-winning 2010 film. We’ve since realized that it’s going to really feel like fairly the completely different beast in comparison with its David Fincher-helmed predecessor, which incorporates Succession’s Jeremy Robust taking part in Fb co-founder Mark Zuckerberg relatively than Jesse Eisenberg. Nevertheless, at the moment this lack of Eisenberg doesn’t hit as laborious now that I do know plot particulars for The Social Community 2 that accompanied the reveal of the official title and launch date.
The Social Reckoning Comes Out In October 2026
Sony Footage introduced at the moment that The Social Reckoning has been slated for an October 9 launch on the 2026 motion pictures calendar. That’s the identical day that Paramount Footage’ The Legend of Aang: The Final Airbender and Common Footage’ Different Mommy comes out. Different large motion pictures popping out that month embody Alejandro G. Iñárritu untitled film and the Avenue Fighter reboot.
Described as a “companion piece” to The Social Community, The Social Reckoning delves into the true story of how Fb engineer Frances Heughan, performed by Anora’s Mikey Madison, enlisted the assistance of Wall Avenue Journal reporter Jeff Horowitz, performed by The Bear’s Jeremy Allen White, to embark on “a harmful journey that finally ends up blowing the whistle on the social community’s most guarded secrets and techniques.” These two and Jeremy Robust are joined by Invoice Burr, whom THR has beforehand stated is “taking part in a personality that’s fictional or an amalgamation.”
I Really Like That Mark Zuckerberg Isn’t The Film’s Central Character
I gained’t lie and say I’m not nonetheless disillusioned that Jesse Eisenberg isn’t reprising Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Reckoning. His Academy Award and Golden Globe-nominated efficiency is likely one of the fundamental the reason why The Social Community was so positively acquired. It will have been nice to observe up on his Zuckerberg depiction within the 2020s.
Nevertheless, after studying the official synopsis for this follow-up, having Jeremy Robust take over the function goes down slightly smoother because it appears like Mark Zuckerberg is extra of a supporting character in The Social Reckoning. This movie is exploring the leak that culminated in The Wall Avenue Journal sequence of articles referred to as The Fb Recordsdata. Frances Heughan and Jeff Horowitz would be the central characters, and whereas it’s protected to say Robust’s Zuckerberg could have a good quantity of display screen time, this story isn’t being advised from the tech mogul’s perspective prefer it was in The Social Community.
That’s to not say that The Social Reckoning meet and even exceed The Social Community’s high quality, however I’m withholding judgment till really seeing it. For now, I’m extra at peace with Jesse Eisenberg not returning for this new film, and extra open to see how Jeremy Robust does taking part in Mark Zuckerberg in a barely much less outstanding capability. And whereas I don’t assume he’s at David Fincher’s stage, Aaron Sorkin has proven his directing chops in Molly’s Recreation, The Trial of the Chicago 7 and Being The Ricardos. So it’ll definitely be fascinating seeing how he does placing The Social Reckoning collectively past the scripting stage.