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Social Media Reacts to ‘The Social Reckoning’ Trailer

The teaser shows Jeremy Strong as Mark Zuckerberg and Mikey Madison as Frances Haugen in a drama about Meta’s internal document leak.

  • On Wednesday, Sony Pictures released the first trailer for "The Social Reckoning," a sequel to the 2010 drama "The Social Network" featuring Jeremy Strong as Mark Zuckerberg. Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin returns as writer and director.
  • The narrative focuses on the 2021 Facebook leak by whistleblower Frances Haugen, played by Mikey Madison, as she exposes the platform's secrets. Haugen enlists Wall Street Journal reporter Jeff Horwitz, portrayed by Jeremy Allen White.
  • Strong adopts a "flat affectation" to portray Zuckerberg, describing himself as a "professional defendant." In the trailer, the Meta CEO declares, "People understand that when I say no, that's the end of the debate."
  • Supporting cast members Bill Burr and Wunmi Mosaku play aides preparing Zuckerberg for Congress. Sorkin describes the narrative as "a real David and Goliath story" involving the "Mafia" as an antagonist.
  • Sony opens the film theatrically on October 9. Sorkin explained that Facebook's influence "has reshaped everything," motivating him to explore the platform's evolution since the original 2010 corporate drama.
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By Gonzalo Jiménez, CNN en Español. Although Sony Pictures doesn't classify it as a sequel to "The Social Network" (2010), on Wednesday it finally released the first trailer for the film "The Social Reckoning," which focuses on Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, played by actor Jeremy Strong ("Succession"). Beyond Zuckerberg, what unites both films is that they were written by Aaron Sorkin, who won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay in 201…

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The world premiere of the tape will take place on October 9, 2026.

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It seems that it was yesterday, but almost 16 years have passed since the premiere of 'La red social', a film by David Fincher with script by Aaron Sorkin that tells us about the beginnings of Facebook and that exposes the disturbing personality of its founder, Mark Zuckerberg. So, if almost a year ago we tell you that this film will have a sequel that will have a virtually new cast, now we can show you the first trailer of that film, which will…

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The A.V. Club broke the news on Wednesday, June 10, 2026.
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