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Aaron Sorkin to Write and Direct Follow-Up to ‘The Social Network’

It adapts the Wall Street Journal’s “Facebook Files,” exploring Facebook’s aftermath on elections, teen well-being, political violence, international influence

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Jesse Eisenberg, left, plays Mark Zuckerberg in “The Social Network” (2010). A sequel is in the works.
Mark Zuckerberg attends the 2025 Breakthrough Prize Ceremony at Barker Hangar on April 5, 2025, in Santa Monica, Calif.

Overview

  • The project was officially announced June 25, 2025, with Sony Pictures developing The Social Network Part II and Aaron Sorkin confirmed as both writer and director.
  • The screenplay draws from the Wall Street Journal’s October 2021 “Facebook Files” exposé, which revealed internal documents on the platform’s societal harms.
  • The film is described as a thematic follow-up rather than a direct sequel, focusing on Facebook’s role in the 2020 U.S. presidential election, its effects on teenagers and its link to broader unrest.
  • Producers Todd Black, Peter Rice, Aaron Sorkin and Stuart Besser have closed initial development deals, though no production schedule or release date has been announced.
  • Casting remains unconfirmed, including whether Jesse Eisenberg will reprise Mark Zuckerberg, and David Fincher is not attached to the new film.