The Social Reckoning (2026)
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A legal thriller dramatizing the 2021 Facebook leak by whistleblower Frances Haugen.
The story
The Social Reckoning is a legal thriller that dramatizes the 2021 Facebook leak by whistleblower Frances Haugen and Jeff Horwitz. The film serves as a sequel to The Social Network, focusing on the internal documents and the fallout of the leak. The narrative follows the legal and corporate tensions surrounding the tech giant's internal operations and the subsequent public revelation of its internal documents.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
The Social Reckoning is a legal thriller and sequel to The Social Network (2010). It dramatizes the 2021 Facebook leak by whistleblower Frances Haugen and Jeff Horwitz. The story focuses on the internal documents leaked by Haugen and the subsequent reporting by Horwitz for The Wall Street Journal. The film features a cast including Jeremy Strong as Mark Zuckerberg and Mikey Madison as Frances Haugen, who enlists reporter Jeff Horwitz (Jeremy Allen White) to help expose the company's internal documents.
- First release year
- 2026
- Runtime (minutes)
- 112
- Production countries
- United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Aaron Sorkin
- Writers
- Aaron Sorkin · writer
- Cast and characters
- Jeremy Strong · Mark Zuckerberg; Mikey Madison · Frances Haugen; Jeremy Allen White · Jeff Horwitz; Bill Burr · Charlie; Wunmi Mosaku · Raya; Billy Magnussen · Teddy; Betty Gilpin · Kris
- Genres
- legal thriller; biographical drama; political drama
- Themes
- corporate accountability; whistleblowing; technology ethics
- Tone and mood
- serious; tense
- Premise and plot tags
- biographical; legal drama; sequel
- Source material / true-story basis
- The Facebook Files for The Wall Street Journal
- Franchise connections
- The Social Network
- Production trivia
- The title was changed to The Social Reckoning in September 2025.; The film was shot under the working title Goliath.; The film will be the first directed by Aaron Sorkin not to be scored by Daniel Pemberton.
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