I guess what I don't understand is that I see Facebook as one of the companies with a very definite political stance taking very intentional actions to effect political change.

Bringing politics in makes it hard to understand where they are going with this.

It'll look pretty silly if they try to portray Facebook as part of The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy, but I can't imagine them making Facebook part of a cabal using 1984-ish methods because that will paint their own politics in a bad light.

I guess it demonstrates the danger of getting political directly instead of via very oblique references and analogy.

It could be a sequel to 1984 if you read any of the stuff Zucky's trying to do in terms of the forthcoming Metaverse!

First movie was good, a sequel seems pointless.

Honestly Sorkin isn't a half bad director. He could do it himself. (Though I'd obviously rather have Fincher.)

I'm sure this won't be controversial at all, and that the discourse here will be perfectly sane, level-leaded, and civil.

Personally? I can't wait...

Aaron Sorkin is writing a movie about January 6.

Described as a quasi-sequel to ‘The Social Network’ that follows the rise of misinformation-for-profit online that may have led to January 6.

(Source: @MattBelloni) pic.twitter.com/qJ8kg5EMGp

— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) April 26, 2024

Aaron Sorkin Prepping 'The Social Network' Sequel, Says He Blames Facebook For January 6 Capitol Attack https://t.co/byoRfX6u3T

— Deadline Hollywood (@DEADLINE) April 26, 2024

Aaron Sorkin confirms he's writing another Facebook movie 14 years after "The Social Network" because “I blame Facebook for January 6.”

“Facebook has been, among other things, tuning its algorithm to promote the most divisive material possible. Because that is what will increase… pic.twitter.com/3oIYpxFWtf

— Variety (@Variety) April 26, 2024

This will never be a thing.

Like I would crawl over broken glass to watch whatever it is, because I'm the biggest Sorkin fanboy (who also happens to be quite conservative), but there is not a universe in which a produced film ends up existing here.

This was Belloni and Sorkin playing to a live podcast audience. (And some "trades" running with clickbait from said live podcast.)

How jacked is Jesse Eisenberg about to get?

Watched some of the original last night. Man that movie should have won Best Picture. My favorite moment is still when they sabotage Eduardo on the stock dilution and Sean Parker talks **** to him about the check. Eduardo balls up on him and Timberlake does a phenomenal job of looking like the kid who forgot what it was like to get bullied. Garfield does this great little smirk. And there's that great note in Reznor's soundtrack.

A little trick I've grown to really like is casting a really likable person in a real d*bag role, where I instinctively like the character because I like the person playing them, but it takes me a while to realize "Oh wait, this is a real ahole." Timberlake is like that in this movie; Jason Bateman in Ozark as well.

No Fincher is a massive blow, and I kind of can't stand Sorkin as a director. That said, a Sorkin script - especially this one - will always have my attention...

Aaron Sorkin is developing “The Social Network Part II” at Sony Pictures.

Sorkin has written a screenplay and is set to direct the movie. The sequel is based on the Wall Street Journal’s explosive series “The Facebook Files.”https://t.co/owKnUgcDre pic.twitter.com/1qdnA0DX0x

— Variety (@Variety) June 25, 2025

After teasing a potential sequel to his Oscar-winning drama ‘The Social Network’ for years, Aaron Sorkin looks to have found an angle to tackle for his follow-up film.

Sources tell Deadline that Sorkin has been set to direct ‘The Social Network Part II’ for Sony Pictures.… pic.twitter.com/GIFfox9izR

— Deadline (@DEADLINE) June 25, 2025

a helpful fact is Sorkin envisioned THE SOCIAL NETWORK as a John Hughes-like college shenanigans movie and it was only Fincher that gave it that dark atmosphere and sinister edge. who knows how this will turn out but Sorkin directing his own material is …questionable https://t.co/fewhXKnynq

— Brendan Hodges (@metaplexmovies) June 25, 2025

David Fincher is directing a sequel to a Quentin Tarantino film. Aaron Sorkin is directing a sequel to a David Fincher film. We are living in a bizzaro film universe. https://t.co/ZVUksIZj8U

— Dan Marcus (@Danimalish) June 25, 2025

The first movie is the rare case of the movie being wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy better than the book.

When is this coming out?

It's still in development.

I would say late 2026 at the absolute earliest.

Zuck is going to have a mental breakdown. Listening to Kara Swisher among others, that film had a severe hit to his mental health

My interest in this movie was just cut in half.

Is the timing of Carless People and morning forward with this movie coincidental, or did that finally give Sorkin his spark?

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That's a great scene…set the tone for the movie

Well, Sorkin is at least starting to assemble a pretty interesting cast…

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Sorkin's original screenplay for the new movie explores the story behind the Wall Street Journal's The Facebook Files by Jeff Horowitz, an explosive series of articles published in October 2021 that exposed the inner workings of - and multiple harms caused by - the world's largest social network. Ideally, White would play Horowitz and Madison would play the whistleblower behind the series of articles.

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EXCLU: Mikey Madison and Jeremy Allen White are Aaron Sorkin’s top choices to star in THE SOCIAL NETWORK PART II https://t.co/feHYAe3S8L

— Justin Kroll (@krolljvar) July 31, 2025

Re: Eisenberg…

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As for the man who would play Mark Zuckerberg, it's still unknown how big of a role the CEO of Meta would have in the film, as well if Jessie Eisenberg would return to play the part. Eisenberg earned an Oscar nomination for his performance in the first film but sources still say it's unclear where things stand with his return.

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Honestly , though, I wonder if an unexpectedly smart way to separate this one from the last movie, and draw fewer comparisons, is to not even include Zuckerberg as a character? Maybe it's more about what he created?

Who doesn't like a good Journalists as Heroes movie? Sources say Sorkin's new SOCIAL NETWORK sequel has tones of SPOTLIGHT and THE INSIDER, both Oscar bait-ey movies. https://t.co/TktEGPsrFS

— Borys Kit (@Borys_Kit) July 31, 2025

WTF?

Excl: JEREMY STRONG is the latest bold-faced name to circle Aaron Sorkin’s THE SOCIAL NETWORK PART II, and joins Mikey Madison & Jeremy Allen White on the hot list. The kicker: Is Strong going to be play Mark Zuckerberg and replace Jesse Eisenberg? https://t.co/b0OTEvMG0B

— Borys Kit (@Borys_Kit) July 31, 2025

BREAKING: Jeremy Strong front-runner to play Mark Zuckerberg in SOCIAL NETWORK PART II https://t.co/egVAAR5uNI

— Justin Kroll (@krolljvar) July 31, 2025

I thought The Social Dilemma on Netflix was the sequel to Social Network.

I'd rather have Jesse Eisenberg.

There's speculation that this is a negotiation tactic, which is done in the press more than you might think. That Eisenberg's team is playing hardball, trying to squeeze more $$$ out of Sony, seeing as it's essentially "his" role. And that this press release is Sony's response. Basically, "Accept the offer on the table. Otherwise, we have no problem replacing you with an Oscar nominee." Based on the wording of the release, and how vague it all is, this would be my guess as to what's going on, but who really knows.

Said this to a friend last night. Without Fincher OR Eisenberg, it's really not Social Network 2 anymore.

Right, its dumb to call it part 2 if its not really a direct sequel.

Am I alone in agreeing with just about everything Zuck does in the movie? Just cause he's an ass doesn't mean that he's wrong at any point during the story.

Also yes, recast Jesse Eisenberg or don't make it at all.