Aaron Sorkin is making a sequel to The Social Network

Deadline reports that Sony is advancing with The social part IIA “follow -up” of David Fincher’s feature in 2010 on how Thefacebook became one of the most influential websites of the most influential in the history of the Internet and made Mark Zuckerberg a billionaire in the process. Although Fincher is not attached to the new film, Aaron Sorkin – who wrote the first – comes back to write and direct Part II. No production deadline or casting announcement has been made, but Sorkin will produce the project alongside Todd Black, Peter Rice and Stuart Besser.

While a large part of The social network was based on Ben Mezrich Accidental billionairesaccording to The Hollywood Reporter,, Part II will be inspired by Facebook files, The Wall Street JournalThe series of articles that has explored the myriad of damage that Facebook has caused over the years. Last year, Sorkin teased that he was considering a series of The social network This could dig into the way Facebook helped to foment the rage that led to an attempted coup on January 6, 2021.

It looks like this idea has changed an image in its own right that Sony wants to do, and given to what extent the Facebook juggernaut has become more mastodon in recent years, Sorkin’s decision to become greater with Part II is probably a good decision.