Image: official trailer (YouTube)The Social Reckoning is a 2026 American biographical legal thriller film written, co-produced, and directed by Aaron Sorkin. A follow-up to The Social Network (2010), it dramatizes the 2021 Facebook leak by the whistleblower Frances Haugen and Jeff Horwitz. It stars Mikey Madison, Jeremy Allen White, Jeremy Strong, Bill Burr, Wunmi Mosaku, Betty Gilpin, and Billy Magnussen.
The setup: In 2019, data engineer Frances Haugen joins the Civic Integrity team at Facebook. Although she believes in Facebook's mission to connect people, she discovers that its leadership prioritizes engagement and revenue over user safety. Facebook media relations executive Teddy Marks briefs employees on journalists' efforts to obtain internal information.
- Release
- October 8, 2026
- Director
- Aaron Sorkin
- Starring
- Jeremy Strong, Laprete, Betty Gilpin, Portia Doubleday, Mikey Madison, Patrick Fischler
- Genre
- Biographical, Drama
- Runtime
- 112 min
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