The Social Network Part II is officially in the works at Sony Pictures, and Aaron Sorkin is returning to write and direct. Although it’s being called “Part II,” it’s not a direct sequel, but a follow-up focused on Facebook’s modern impact.
According to Deadline, Sorkin’s screenplay for The Social Network Part II is based on The Facebook Files by Wall Street Journal journalist Jeff Horwitz. It follows Facebook’s main role in the 2020 U.S. election, its influence on the January 6 events, its impact on teens and preteens, and the global consequences of the platform’s reach and misuse.
Back in 2024, in an interview with THR, Sorkin opened up about the idea of The Social Network sequel, where he spoke about the connection between Facebook and the 2020 election.
Sorkin said, “Yeah, I’ll be writing about this. Facebook has been, among other things, tuning its algorithm to promote the most divisive material possible, because that is what will increase engagement.”
Sorkin added, “There’s supposed to be a constant tension at Facebook between growth and integrity. There isn’t. There’s just growth. If Mark Zuckerberg woke up tomorrow morning and realized there is nothing you can buy for $120 billion that you can’t buy for $119 billion, ‘So how about if I make a little bit less money? I will tune up integrity and tune down growth.’ Yes, you can do that by switching a one to a zero.”
There is no date yet for when The Social Network Part II will start filming. Now that some deals are finished, Aaron Sorkin will start looking for actors. Many agents will try to get their new stars in the movie because the first film helped make actors like Jesse Eisenberg and Andrew Garfield more famous.
Eisenberg got an Oscar nomination for playing Mark Zuckerberg. Right now, no one knows how big his role will be in the new movie, or if Sorkin has asked him to come back. Most of the old characters probably won’t return, but since the movie is still about Facebook, it’s hard to imagine it without Zuckerberg in it.
The new film will be produced by Todd Black, Peter Rice, Aaron Sorkin, and Stuart Besser.
Source: Deadline
