"The Social Network 2" Gets Title and Release Date

Academy Award winner Aaron Sorkin’s follow-up to 2010’s “The Social Network,” now officially titled “The Social Reckoning,” will hit theaters on October 9, 2026, Sony Pictures announced Friday.

Oscar winner Mikey Madison (“Anora,” “Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood”), Golden Globe and Emmy Award winner Jeremy Allen White (“The Bear,” upcoming “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”) will star in “The Social Reckoning,” with Strong portraying the role of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.

The follow-up is written and directed by Sorkin, who also produces alongside Todd Black, Peter Rice and Stuart Besser.

Principal photography is expected to begin next month.

Described as a “companion piece” to “The Social Network,” the new film focuses 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,” also released in October, was a critical and commercial hit, earning $226 million at the global box office and receiving eight Academy Award nominations, including best picture. 

Sorkin’s win for best adapted screenplay (the film was loosely based on Ben Mezrich’s book “The Accidental Billionaires”) was one of three Oscars it ultimately took home.