{"id":2074997,"date":"2025-10-07T14:50:03","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T14:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2074997"},"modified":"2025-10-07T14:50:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T14:50:03","slug":"aaron-sorkins-social-network-sequel-sparks-outrage-threats-from-facebook-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/aaron-sorkins-social-network-sequel-sparks-outrage-threats-from-facebook-exclusive\/","title":{"rendered":"Aaron Sorkin\u2019s \u2018Social Network\u2019 Sequel Sparks Outrage, Threats from Facebook (Exclusive)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Status update: A new Facebook movie is in the works.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Aaron Sorkin<\/strong> is working on a sequel to 2010\u2019s Oscar-winning <em>The Social Network<\/em> \u2014 and the social media giant is \u201cpissed,\u201d a source exclusively tells the <em>National Enquirer<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sony Pictures announced on Friday, September 26 that the film will be called <em>The Social Reckoning<\/em> and is due out on October 9 next year, via <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/film\/news\/the-social-network-sequel-2026-release-date-official-title-the-social-reckoning-1236530356\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Variety;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>Variety<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Now Facebook, now known as Meta, \u201cis threatening to withdraw from any association\u201d with the movie studio, the source tells the <em>Enquirer<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The <em>West Wing<\/em> creator, 64, who won an Oscar for writing the first movie, will also be taking over directing duties from <strong>David Fincher<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p> <span class=\"wp-caption-text\">ZUMAPRESS.com \/ MEGA; ZUMAPRESS.com \/ MEGANDZ\/starmaxinc.com\/Newscom\/The Mega Agency<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/06\/the-social-network-sequel-aaron-sorkin-1236439539\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Deadline;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>Deadline<\/em><\/a> reported that the sequel will be based on \u201cThe Facebook Files,\u201d a series of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/the-facebook-files-11631713039?gaa_at=eafs&amp;gaa_n=ASWzDAhD1Ap0pqXjU5oMUsdkA-CkC4HxVNSwc2kSpgpBPcqL3kUJIaKJmS2GV57g4sU%3D&amp;gaa_ts=68e5165e&amp;gaa_sig=iuhBC4Ax1ekKhu-H57B7J-9NXzJCEtPCKRiPdH8VjfcVsbZT4it3nNDLd2DjUzRCIL7f0jsG5L_Mx12EAbRbAQ%3D%3D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Wall Street Journal;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> <\/a>articles that alleged employees at the company knew of social media\u2019s harmful effect on kids and teens as well as its role in spreading misinformation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/the-social-network-jeremy-strong-mark-zuckerberg-1236334480\/#:~:text=One%20source%20said%20that%20Jesse,Besser%20are%20producing%20the%20sequel.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Hollywood Reporter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>Hollywood Reporter<\/em><\/a>, <strong>Jesse Eisenberg<\/strong>, who was nominated for an Oscar for playing Facebook founder <strong>Mark Zuckerberg<\/strong> in the original film, passed on the sequel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Instead,\u00a0<em>Succession<\/em>\u2019s <strong>Jeremy Strong<\/strong>\u00a0will play the tech billionaire. <em>Anora<\/em>\u2018s <strong>Mikey Madison<\/strong>, <em>The Bear<\/em> star <strong>Jeremy Allen White<\/strong> and comedian <strong>Bill Burr<\/strong> will also star, per Sony via <em>Variety<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Status update: A new Facebook movie is in the works. Aaron Sorkin is working on a sequel to 2010\u2019s Oscar-winning The Social Network \u2014 and the social media giant is \u201cpissed,\u201d a source exclusively tells the National Enquirer. Sony Pictures announced on Friday, September 26 that the film will be called The Social Reckoning and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2074998,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[380672,311659,380669],"class_list":["post-2074997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-aaron-sorkin","tag-facebook","tag-the-social-network"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Aaron-Sorkins-\u2018Social-Network-Sequel-Sparks-Outrage-Threats-from-Facebook.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2074997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2074997"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2074997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2074999,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2074997\/revisions\/2074999"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2074998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2074997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2074997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2074997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}