Overview

• Aaron Sorkin is writing and directing the follow-up to the 2010 film using a script inspired by The Facebook Files exposé.
• The project remains in early development at Sony and has yet to receive a formal greenlight.
• Mikey Madison and Jeremy Allen White have met with Sorkin and are frontrunners to portray Frances Haugen and Wall Street Journal reporter Jeff Horwitz.
• Emmy winner Jeremy Strong is being eyed as the top choice to play Mark Zuckerberg, while no offer has been made and Jesse Eisenberg’s return remains undecided.
• The sequel will examine Facebook’s effects on teen mental health, the proliferation of misinformation and its role in political unrest.