Aaron Sorkin releases Facebook follow up movie The Social Reckoning

Fifteen years after writing The Social Network, Aaron Sorkin has returned to the story of Facebook with a new film titled The Social Reckoning. France 24 and ABC News Australia reported that Sorkin took over directing duties from David Fincher for the new project, which focuses on Facebook's role in extremism, division, and misinformation in the United States. [1][2][4]

The new film functions as a journalistic drama centered on the 2021 scandal caused by a whistleblower, Variety and ABC News Australia reported. Sorkin wrote and directed the movie, which stars Mikey Madison as whistleblower Frances Haugen, alongside Jeremy Allen White and Jeremy Strong. As FTMQ News reported earlier, Strong plays Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg after Jesse Eisenberg declined to return for the sequel. [1][2][3][5][13]

The film addresses controversial data, including statistics showing that 64 percent of individuals who joined extremist groups on Facebook were directed there by the platform itself, ABC News Australia reported. The outlet added that the film highlights figures showing 32 percent of teenage girls reported feeling worse about their bodies due to Instagram. [2]

Sorkin won an Academy Award for writing the original 2010 movie, ABC News Australia and Variety reported. Variety noted that The Social Reckoning opens in theaters on October 9. [2][3]