{"id":14516,"date":"2025-06-25T21:16:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T21:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/14516\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T21:16:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T21:16:11","slug":"aaron-sorkin-to-direct-write-sequel-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/14516\/","title":{"rendered":"Aaron Sorkin To Direct & Write Sequel (Exclusive)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tEXCLUSIVE: <\/strong>After teasing a potential sequel to his Oscar-winning drama The Social Network<\/a> for years, Aaron Sorkin<\/a> looks to have found an angle to tackle for his follow-up film. Sources tell Deadline that Sorkin has been set to direct The Social Network Part II<\/a> for Sony Pictures<\/a>. Insiders say that while it\u2019s being called part two, it\u2019s not a straight sequel but rather a follow-up to the original movie that explored the origins of what would become the world\u2019s biggest social media platform.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe new film project is in development with Todd Black, Peter Rice, Sorkin and Stuart Besser producing.<\/p>\n

\n\tSorkin\u2019s original\u00a0screenplay for the new movie explores the story behind the Wall Street Journal\u2018s The Facebook Files<\/a>, an explosive series of articles published in October 2021 that exposed\u00a0the inner workings of \u2014 and multiple harms caused by \u2014 the world\u2019s largest social network.<\/p>\n

\n\tReleased in 2010 by Sony Pictures,\u00a0The Social Network\u00a0was a huge hit with audiences and critics and earned $226 million at the global box office. Nominated for eight Oscars including Best Picture, the film won three, including Sorkin for Best Adapted Screenplay.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tJesse Eisenberg in 2010\u2019s \u2018The Social Network\u2019<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tColumbia Pictures\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n

\n\tSince its release, Sorkin has noted on several occasions his interest in doing a follow-up, but he couldn\u2019t find the right angle. Following the events of January 6, 2020, when the U.S. Capitol was attacked, Sorkin found new inspiration saying in an interview last year that he believed Facebook played a part.<\/p>\n

\n\tSources stress that the new film isn\u2019t a \u201cJanuary 6\u201d movie and will focus not just on the 2020 election but also Facebook\u2019s effect on teens, preteens, violence and countries outside the U.S.<\/p>\n

\n\tAlthough the original was directed by David Fincher, Sorkin will take on directing duties for this pic having sharpened his skills since the original Social Network came out. His recent directing credits include Molly\u2019s Game, The Trial of the Chicago 7 and Being the Ricardos. <\/p>\n

\n\tNo production date has been set, but sources say that with various deals closed, Sorkin will now focus on finding his ensemble. One can expect every agent in town moving fast to get their rising stars in front of Sorkin for the highly-coveted parts, given what the original did for actors including Jesse Eisenberg and Andrew Garfield.<\/p>\n

\n\tSpeaking of Eisenberg, who earned an Oscar nomination for playing Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, it is unknown how big a role he will have in this story and whether Sorkin has been in touch with him to reprise the part. That said, while it makes sense that most of the other characters would not return for this film, it\u2019s hard to imagine another movie about Facebook not having Zuckerberg appear in some form.<\/p>\n

\n\tSorkin is repped by WME.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: After teasing a potential sequel to his Oscar-winning drama The Social Network for years, Aaron Sorkin looks…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":14517,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[14935,171,14936,14937,14938,14939,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-14516","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-aaron-sorkin","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-sony-pictures","11":"tag-the-facebook-files","12":"tag-the-social-network","13":"tag-the-social-network-part-ii","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114746083664893576","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14516\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}