‘The Social Network’ Sequel in the Works, Directed by Aaron Sorkin

 The Facebook tale is not yet complete by Aaron Sorkin. At Sony Pictures, the Academy Award winner is working on "The Social Network Part II."

The follow-up to David Fincher's 2010 film "The Social Network," which followed the founding and early years of Facebook, which has since expanded to become the largest social media platform in the world, features a script by Sorkin and will be directed by him. The Wall Street Journal's "The Facebook Files," a collection of pieces written by Jeff Horowitz and released in October 2021, which further revealed the company's internal operations, served as the inspiration for Sorkin's sequel.

In "The Social Network," Jesse Eisenberg played Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg; however, the sequel's cast has not yet been revealed. Todd Black, Peter Rice, Sorkin, and Stuart Besser are producing the second installment.

With $226 million at the worldwide box office and eight Academy Award nominations, including best picture, the original movie was a critical and financial success. The movie, which was partially based on Ben Mezrich's book "The Accidental Billionaires," won three Oscars, including one for best adapted screenplay.

Sorkin has been candid about his plans to create a sequel in recent years. In 2021, he began to flout the idea, claiming, 

Around this time, he implied that a sequel would only go if Fincher agreed to direct it, but that "what has been going on with Facebook these last few years is a story very much worth telling." Then, last year, Sorkin said that he had started writing on the social media company's recent activities during a live recording of the "The Town" podcast.

Sorkin stated, "I blame Facebook for January 6," but he would not explain why he held the social media platform accountable for Trump supporters' march on the US Capitol. "You are going to need to pay a movie ticket," he teased instead.

"Facebook has been, among other things, adjusting its algorithm to promote the most controversial information conceivable," Sorkin said, being more open about the subject of his writing. Because engagement will rise as a result. That is what will lead you to what is known as "the infinite scroll" in Facebook's inner workings. At Facebook, the tension between integrity and expansion is said to be ongoing. There isn't. It is merely growth.

The news of the upcoming project was first reported by Deadline.