The Social Network, the 2010 film which told the story of how Facebook was founded, will be getting a sequel.
Oscar-winning writer Aaron Sorkin will pen the script and direct the follow-up, Deadline has reported, with a focus on Facebook’s more recent controversies.
In particular, Sorkin is believed to be focusing on events discussed in the Wall Street Journal’s The Facebook Files, which published leaked documents that suggested the social network was well aware of the societal harms its algorithms were propagating.
Sorkin has previously stated that he believes Facebook contributed to the events of January 6, 2020, when rioters broke into the U.S. Capitol building, though Deadline sources have stressed this sequel will not specifically be a “January 6” movie. Instead, it will also cover the effects of social media on younger users, and those outside the U.S.
While Sorkin appears to have a story set out, the project still sounds early, with no casting yet confirmed. Will Jesse Eisenberg return as Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg? Sorkin has mulled a sequel for a while, and Eisenberg has previously expressed interest.
“Oh, yeah,” Eisenberg told IndieWire in 2019, when asked if he would return to the role in a potential sequel. “To play a good role in a popular thing is very rare. This was an opportunity to play a complicated character that you’d normally play onstage or an art film, but on a big scale. For me, that was incredibly fortunate.”
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