Fifteen years after "The Social Network" won three Academy Awards and became a 21st-century classic, screenwriter Aaron Sorkin is now both writing and directing. "The Social Reckoning," in theaters this fall from Sony, has debuted its first official trailer — and therefore our first footage of Oscar nominee Jeremy Strong as Mark Zuckerberg. Watch below.
The film also stars "Anora" Best Actress winner Mikey Madison as Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen, who facilitated the 2021 leak of Meta internal documents containing the social platform's secrets. At the time, Haugen enlisted the help of Wall Street Journal reporter Jeff Horwitz, played by Jeremy Allen White. Wunmi Mosaku, Betty Gilpin, Billy Magnussen, and Bill Burr also star in "The Social Reckoning."
Sorkin won a Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar in 2011 for "The Social Network," which was directed by David Fincher. It's Sorkin's first feature as a director since "Being the Ricardos" in 2021, and "The Trial of the Chicago 7" before that. Producers on "The Social Reckoning" are Aaron Sorkin, Todd Black, Peter Rice, and Stuart M. Besser.
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