Aaron Sorkin’s planned follow-up to 2010’s The Social Network moved ahead on Thursday when Variety reported that Mikey Madison and Jeremy Allen White are in advanced talks to headline the Sony Pictures project, tentatively titled The Social Network Part II.
The screenplay will dramatize revelations from the Wall Street Journal’s 2021 “Facebook Files,” and Sorkin will direct as well as write after securing studio approval last month.
The Independent says Madison is poised to play whistle-blower Frances Haugen, whose leaked documents alleged Facebook knew its product harmed teenage users, while White is being eyed for Jeff Horwitz, the reporter who broke the series.
Spanish trade site Meristation adds that chemistry readings took place in Los Angeles last week and that contracts are “near final,” though Sony has declined comment. David Fincher, director of the original film, is not involved; his absence has fueled debate online, including a LadBible poll in which 62 percent of respondents said they preferred Fincher at the helm.
Release plans remain fluid, yet distributor schedule sheets cited by CinemaBlend point to a late-2027 window, contingent on a spring 2026 shoot split between Atlanta and Dublin.
Budget projections sit near $70 million—higher than the 2010 film’s $40 million—and insiders say the script features January 6 Capitol-riot material to illustrate what Sorkin has called Facebook’s “dangerous engagement engine”
