Aaron Sorkin returns to Facebook
Aaron Sorkin returns to the world of Facebook with The Social Reckoning, a new drama following the whistleblowing scandal and investigative reporting that exposed the tech giant's global impact.
Aaron Sorkin returns to the world of Facebook with The Social Reckoning, a new drama that explores the controversies, investigations and social consequences surrounding one of the world's most influential technology companies.
Written and directed by Sorkin, the film features Jeremy Strong as Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, while Oscar winner Mikey Madison takes on the role of whistleblower Frances Haugen. Jeremy Allen White plays Wall Street Journal reporter Jeff Horwitz, whose investigation becomes central to the story. The ensemble cast also includes Wunmi Mosaku, Betty Gilpin, Billy Magnussen and Bill Burr.
The newly released trailer introduces the story largely through Horwitz's perspective. His work brings him into contact with Haugen, whose decision to expose internal Facebook documents sets a much larger investigation in motion. What initially appears to be an effort to understand the company's inner workings gradually develops into an examination of its influence, policies and impact on society.
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The film draws inspiration from the Wall Street Journal's Facebook Files investigation, which examined internal documents and raised questions about the company's approach to issues including the effects of its platforms on users and the way potentially harmful content was handled.
The Social Reckoning serves as a companion to Sorkin's acclaimed 2010 film The Social Network, which dramatised the creation of Facebook and the relationships that surrounded its early development. That film focused on how the platform came into existence, while the new project shifts its attention to what happened after Facebook grew into a global force.
Rather than revisiting the origins of the company, The Social Reckoning looks at the responsibilities and consequences that came with that extraordinary growth. Through the perspectives of journalists, insiders and Zuckerberg himself, the film aims to explore the tension between technological influence, corporate interests and public responsibility.
The Social Reckoning is scheduled to arrive in cinemas on 9 October through Columbia Pictures.
