Facebook bio drama The Social Reckoning gets first trailer, release date

Jun 10, 2026 - 19:23

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Facebook bio drama The Social Reckoning gets first trailer, release date

Published Jun 10, 2026, 10:36 AM EDT

Aaron Sorkin's The Social Reckoning will take on Facebook later this year

Jeremy Strong smirks as Mark Zuckerberg in The Social reckoning

Aaron Sorkin is back with another high-profile film about how Facebook wormed its way into our lives. Sony released a new trailer for The Social Reckoning, a biographical drama about the inner workings of one of the most powerful tech companies in the world. It will be in theaters on Oct. 9.

Whistleblower Frances Haugen, played here by Anora’s Mikey Madison, leaked the information that would be compiled in The Facebook Files. These reports showed that the company knew Instagram, which Facebook acquired in 2012, was harming teenage users and that Facebook was contributing toward violence in developing countries, but refused to make changes.

The stacked cast is rounded out by Bill Burr, Wunmi Mosaku (Sinners), Billy Magnussen (Into the Woods, Bridge of Spies), Betty Gilpin (Glow), Gbenga Akinnagbe (The Wire), and more. While the film is billed as a companion piece to The Social Network, that movie’s director, David Fincher, will not be involved; Sorkin will take over the role. That said, the iconic chime of the 2010 film's main theme by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross is heard in the final moments of the trailer — while neither will return, the prolific Alexandre Desplat (The Shape of Water, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Frankenstein) will compose in their stead.

Given all that’s happened over at Facebook since The Social Network — one of the best films of the 2010s — took aim at the man behind the company, this spiritual sequel (or rather a "companion piece" as Sorkin and Sony prefer to frame it) feels quite timely. Many have argued that the 2016 U.S. presidential election was swayed by misinformation on the platform, and since then, the site has become even more of a hotbed for fringe conspiracy theories and troll campaigns manufactured by foreign governments.

In general, social media has gone from a seemingly innocuous way to connect with others online to a vehicle for endless division, culture war, and algorithmic manipulation. Whether Sorkin can once again tap into this zeitgeist remains to be seen, but we’ll find out later this year.