The Social Reckoning Movie: Release Date, Trailer, Cast, and Plot

The Social Reckoning is a biographical drama about the investigation into Facebook and the internal principles behind how the social network operates. The film is a standalone follow-up to The Social Network and tells a story set several years after the company's founding. Here is what we know about The Social Reckoning: when it will be released, what Aaron Sorkin's new drama based on the events surrounding The Facebook Files is about, who plays Frances Haugen, Jeff Horwitz, and Mark Zuckerberg, and where to watch the official trailer.

The film was written and directed by Aaron Sorkin, who wrote the original The Social Network. David Fincher, who directed the first film, is not involved in the new movie.

The official trailer for The Social Reckoning is already available. You can watch it below.

The story centers on Facebook employee Frances Haugen. After gaining access to confidential internal company documents, she concludes that the social network's leadership knows about the platform's negative impact, but is in no hurry to address the related problems.

Frances contacts The Wall Street Journal reporter Jeff Horwitz and gives him the documents she has collected. Their collaboration leads to the publication of The Facebook Files investigation and one of the biggest scandals in the company's history. In the new film, Mark Zuckerberg is played by Jeremy Strong, while Jesse Eisenberg portrayed him in The Social Network.

The Social Reckoning is scheduled to be released on October 9, 2026. The film will be released exclusively in theaters.

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