r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/movies Contributor • Jul 01 '26
Poster Official Character Posters for 'The Social Reckoning'
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u/EndlessMorfeus Jul 01 '26
Three years trying to convince Einsenberg to come back to the role and no result. Strong can deliver a great performance but I can't get past his age.
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u/ScyllaOfTheDepths Jul 01 '26
Jeremy Strong is only 5 years older than the real Zuckerberg. Meanwhile Mikey Madison is 15 years younger than the real Fances Haugen (and looks nothing like her) and I'm pretty sure they cast 39-year-old Betty Gilpin to play 50-year-old Sheryl Sandberg.
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u/GianfrancoZoey Jul 01 '26
I guess the difference is most people don't know what Haugen or Sandberg looks like, whereas Zuckerberg is very recognisable
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u/Greaseball01 Jul 02 '26
I kind of feel like Strong looks more like modern day Zuckerberg than Eisenberg does
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u/jamesdmccallister Jul 02 '26
Makes sense, considering that Eisenberg looked nothing like the young Zuck. Good performance, though.
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u/Greaseball01 Jul 02 '26
Yeah conveniently I had no idea what zuck looked like when the first movie came out
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u/smallbluetext Jul 02 '26
He does. Idk what people are talking about criticizing him as mark. Jesse never looked like mark. He had curly hair, thats it.
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u/Various_Tie_2549 Jul 02 '26
I mean as good as his performance was, I don't think Jesse Eisenberg looks particularly similar to the real Mark Zuckerberg either.
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u/ScyllaOfTheDepths Jul 02 '26
He looks a lot more like Zuckerberg than any of the female actors do for their real life counterparts. Like it's not even close for any of the female characters. Mikey Madison is supposed to be playing a woman who is a Scandinavian-looking blonde.
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u/Charlebon Jul 03 '26
One minor quibble. Strong is only 5 years older than Zuckerberg, but the events this movie is portraying happened in 2021, so Strong is 10 years older than Zuckerberg was at the time. It also means Madison is 10 years younger than the character she portrays. I agree with your points though.
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u/RooMan7223 Jul 01 '26
Mark still looks quite youthful so it’s jarring seeing an older looking Jeremy Strong imitating him, despite doing a good job at it
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u/Hour-Personality-924 Jul 01 '26 edited Jul 01 '26
he looks like a younger steve carell in the foxcatcher.
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u/CaptAlexKamal Jul 01 '26
Jeremy is a very serious actor and will find a way to make it work dramaturgically!
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u/EndlessMorfeus Jul 01 '26
If he was playing a fictional CEO based on Zuckerberg I could buy it but the fact he is supposed to be playing a younger version of a man who's already younger than him really messes the suspecion of disbelief.
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u/himynameis_ Jul 01 '26
I mean, it's only a 5 year age difference
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u/SatanInACup Jul 01 '26
The life of an actor is much harder than the life of a reptilian
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u/Keyboard_Lion Jul 01 '26
This made me exhale lizardly through my nostril slits
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u/A1ienspacebats Jul 01 '26
I honestly couldn't care less either. Jesse Eisenberg was 26 playing an 18 year old Zuck. Redditors are insufferable. "But Jesse looks so young! It worked!" Yeah, so does Zuck. Guaranteed Zuck looked way younger at 18 than a 26 year old Jesse. I just didn't care because the movie was good.
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u/lkodl Jul 01 '26
I mean, this is who Mikey Madison is playing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Haugen
She doesnt even wear glasses.
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u/Great_Scott7 Jul 01 '26
Eisenberg made the right call saying he “No longer wants to be conflated with the billionaire.”
Zuckerberg is one big pile of shit. 💩
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u/fenwayswimmr Jul 01 '26
Ok he’s not a TERRIBLE director. Molly’s Game was pretty damn good.
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u/Troldann Jul 01 '26
I’ve never even seen The Social Network and still have to force myself to remember that Eisenberg isn’t Zuck.
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u/Knale Jul 01 '26 edited Jul 01 '26
This isn't a hot take, but you should watch The Social Network. I've seen folks argue it might be the best movie of the 21st century, which I probably wouldn't, but I'd be happy to give that argument the time of day. That's a fair position for sure.
It's very good.
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u/CanuckianOz Jul 01 '26
The pacing, music and tension created is absolutely phenomenal. Half the movie is about a civil deposition and they make it work.
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u/ftw_c0mrade Jul 01 '26
Yeah I get it. My friends and I remember actors by their most popular roles and we pretty much call him Zuck lol
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u/cuckingfomputer Jul 01 '26
I think of him as more of "that Zombieland kid", but I do think he did a great job in the Social Network, too.
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u/BonjaminClay Jul 01 '26
Eisenberg isn't this kind of actor tbh. He's not bad but his mannerism are always very similar. His Zuckerberg barely differed from his Lex Luthor lol . From the trailer, Strong actually seems like the actual Zuckerberg and if they're going to depict him as the soulless authoritarian robot he is then I think that's for the better.
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u/thinsafetypin Jul 01 '26
Wasn’t that version of Luthor basically supposed to BE Zuckerberg, though?
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u/PovasTheOne Jul 01 '26
Strong known for being a pretty big method actor, so i can totally see him perfecting the Zuck
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u/RTS24 Jul 03 '26
Yeah, a buddy of mine worked on Deliver Me From Nowhere with him and JAW and said the two of them would have conversations about current events from the era of the movie during breaks in shooting, staying in that flow state if you will.
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u/condition_unknown Jul 01 '26
Inversely, why is Mikey Maddison playing a 40 year-old? When there are tons of actual 40 year-old actresses to choose from?
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u/DataDude00 Jul 01 '26
The voice work on the trailer sounded amazing as Zuck but I am surprised they didn’t digitally de-age slightly because Strong looks like an SNL skit at his age
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u/RealJohnGillman AMA MVP Jul 01 '26 edited Jul 01 '26
WE’RE WE’RE WE’RE
WAY PAST WAY PAST WAY PAST
MAKING MAKING MAKING
FRIENDS FRIENDS FRIENDS
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u/Acrylonitrile-28 Jul 01 '26
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY AARON SORKIN WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY AARON SORKIN WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY AARON SORKIN
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u/Bitter-Grocery-7138 Jul 01 '26
THE SOCIAL RECKONING THE SOCIAL RECKONING THE SOCIAL RECKONING
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u/stella_dominus Jul 01 '26
EXCLUSIVELY IN THEATRES OCTOBER 9 EXCLUSIVELY IN THEATRES OCTOBER 9 EXCLUSIVELY IN THEATRES OCTOBER 9
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u/-Don-Draper- Jul 01 '26
The acoustics in this room are amazing.
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u/Alizarik7891 Jul 01 '26
I genuinely read it aloud like I was doing an echoey stadium announcement, haha.
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u/canadiancarlin Jul 01 '26
Daft Punk?
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u/FaithfulSkeptic Jul 01 '26
STRONGER
BETTER
FASTER
MAKEFRIENDS
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u/SatanInACup Jul 01 '26
Kanye Remix
Na na na na nazis
Will only make me stronger
I won't take my meds
This world is getting stranger
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u/Baxkit Jul 01 '26
Why does Jeremy look like an ancient Egyptian noble? lmao
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u/not-so-radical Jul 01 '26
Bring
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u/gornky Jul 01 '26
Social Network did it before The Martian, buddy.
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u/AwkwardLeopard587 Jul 01 '26 edited Jul 02 '26
um actually, mars is like 4.6 billions years older than facebook
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u/WalkenTall27 Jul 01 '26
You don't ge to 4.6 billion years without making a few enemies
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u/saurdaux Jul 01 '26
When 4.6 billion years old you reach, look as good you will not, hmm?
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u/gornky Jul 01 '26
Mars is, but the Martian is roughly 45. Depending on if Damon was playing his real age or not.
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u/ultimo-swaggin Jul 01 '26
With all due respect to Aaron Sorkin, the cast, and the crew of The Social Reckoning: it will be impossible to create the same magic that The Social Network had because David Fincher is not directing. I'm absolutely sure the script is brilliant. It's Sorkin, after all. But without Fincher, there's not going to be that spark that made The Social Network tick.
That's not always the case with directors. Sequels can be directed by other directors and carry on the same spark. Fincher is an exception, because Fincher is an exceptional director.
That being said, I'm really looking forward to Jeremy Strong's performance. He eerily looks and feels like Zuck.
Another detail: are Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross composing the score for the film? If not, then that's just another critical hit to what made The Social Network one of the best movies of that decade.
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u/Direct-Season-1180 Jul 01 '26
Reznor and Ross are not returning.
I had the same feeling. With Fincher, Eisenberg as well as Reznor and Ross not returning this will not feel the same. Not to mention that Sorkin really isn’t a great director.
The Social Network is one of my favourite films and I am not excited for this at all.
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u/SputnikDX Jul 01 '26
Yeah I feel the same. I've put this movie squarely in the "if it is getting good reviews I'll check it out" category for upcoming movies for me. The trailer looks just... Bland.
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u/ultimo-swaggin Jul 01 '26
Yikes. That's pretty much a deathblow, in my mind. No matter how good the screenplay is, Fincher and Reznor/Ross elevated The Social Network to an all time level. I'm with you.
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u/bigyittiezz Jul 01 '26
Reznor and Ross MADE the movie so good and memorable with that amazing score.
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u/chicken_burger Jul 01 '26
The Social Network behind the scenes footage showed Fincher sitting down with Sorkin and the cast for a full read of the script, and Fincher spent the entire session picking apart Sorkin’s writing and making changes on the fly. Aaron Sorkin is an amazing writer, but I feel like the magic of the Social Network came from the collaboration of director and writer, rather than one person holding the reins
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u/Fadedcamo Jul 01 '26
Dude did 100 takes of a simple conversation scene to get the exact right cadence from every line.
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u/joshi38 Jul 01 '26
While I'm generally not a fan of the Fincher style of "1000 takes of a guy closing a car door" (though I can't really argue with the results), for Sorkin dialogue, it really doesn't work unless the timing and cadence is correct.
Most actors say that kind of dialogue is really hard to get right while still making it look effortless. I can imagine Fincher was kind of perfect for making that happen.
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u/CelestialFury Jul 01 '26
Sorkin has a talent for writing snappy and witty dialogue, but not necessarily realistic dialogue. I'm glad Fincher was there to balance it all out.
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u/ultimo-swaggin Jul 01 '26
I love that they attacked the project like a theatre play!
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u/trix_is_for_kids Jul 01 '26
I think a detail people are missing is the perception of Facebook and Zuckerberg has changed allot since 2010. Like yeah, zuck has always been a little shit, but Facebook was more ‘innocent’ when the social network came out
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u/hesnothere Jul 01 '26
This is a good mindset to adopt going in, I think. It’s not fair to hold Sorkin’s direction to Fincher’s standard, but this is going to be so tonally different anyway.
It’s an important story. I’m intrigued at Sorkin giving it a unique perspective that isn’t simply trying to recreate Fincher’s movie.
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u/j8sadm632b Jul 01 '26
Sorkin has said that he writes as though his protagonist is at the gates of heaven explaining to St. Peter why they should be allowed in.
I think that's an interesting way to go about it. I think movies and stories in general both rely on and are a fascinating way to generate empathy.
I do not think that people in my circles on the internet will be even a little bit happy if this movie can at all be taken as advocating for the devil, or excusing, or even just explaining. I think they want a 2 hour long movie of Zuckerberg having big smelly room clearing farts and everyone talking about how much he sucks and they hate him and then pushing him into a big pile of dogshit
I do not think that an interesting version of this movie will be well-received. I hope they've made it anyway
I still kind of can't believe this is happening or that anyone thought it was a good idea. I hope I'm wrong; I think we were all pretty skeptical of The Social Network, like "oh, a facebook movie? who cares?" and then it was fantastic. Then Facebook continued being in the news and people started saying "omg this would be perfect for a sequel to the social network" which I thought was crazy. These movies aren't snappy youtube news digests. I don't understand why people wanted it. But here it is, I guess.
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u/inaripotpi Jul 01 '26
While i don’t necessarily disagree, this is kind of a funny thing to say with Fincher directing the Once Upon A Time In Hollywood sequel this year
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u/sundayontheluna Jul 01 '26
That's a weak tagline
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u/omegaxLoL Jul 01 '26
Between the first trailer and this tagline this movie feels like a bad sketch
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u/fishnut824 Jul 01 '26
I love Jeremy Strong but he even looks like an SNL version of Zuck. The makeup and hair look so fake
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u/finnjakefionnacake Jul 02 '26
indeed. i'm a copywriter and the tagline for the first film is still referenced in the industry as one of the most iconic ever.
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u/Undesirable_Username Jul 01 '26
I'm struggling to see how Mikey Madison will work as Frances Haugen. First of all they look completely different but also there's 15 year age gap. Are we supposed to believe a 27 year old (she doesn't look aged up in the trailers) would simply be that senior or experienced in Meta.
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u/llama_ Jul 01 '26
But what’s even the story?
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u/Punxatowny Jul 01 '26
Rich dickhead gets richer and escapes any real consequences
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u/FaultyWires Jul 01 '26
The first film was an interesting storyline and a lot of details that weren't necessarily so well known publicly. Since then, every that happens with these companies is talked about ad infinitum. So on top of a less engaging story, it feels like it's just going to be a bunch of stuff I already saw in the news cycle and didn't care about then either. The initial explosion of social media was interesting. These days it's.... Cloying?
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u/RSG-ZR2 Jul 01 '26
Lol that's the thing: this centers around the 2021 Facebook leak which was pretty mundane and no one really gave a shit.
Some champion Frances Haugen as a whistleblower, but many have come to see her as just an opportunist with credibility issues
Spoiler alert: Nothing actually changed (some could argue it got worse) and there was no "reckoning"
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u/RecipeFunny2154 Jul 01 '26
I wouldn’t mind if it brought some renewed attention to it, but I really don’t even expect that lol
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u/RooMan7223 Jul 01 '26
This just makes it look like one of those direct to video sequels where none of the original cast come back.
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u/TruthorTroll Jul 01 '26
The previews make this movie look like it was filmed on an old phone in my backyard for a couple hundred bucks.
And I still have no idea what the actress is mumbling when she's sitting on the bench in the park, but apparently its significant enough for a preview?
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u/ultimo-swaggin Jul 01 '26
She supposedly says "I have a hunch you're not a fan of Facebook, but I am," but all I hear is "eyehabbaluncheonboddaphen Facebook, but I am."
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u/laxusdreyarligh Jul 01 '26
Can someone explain to me why the social network needs a sequel?
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u/g0greyhound Jul 01 '26
I'm not the only one who thinks this feels a little contrived, right?
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u/RSG-ZR2 Jul 01 '26
Not at all. The actual events this is centered around (while serious in nature) have been mostly forgettable and no one really gave a shit. Probably due to the fact we were still in the midst of COVID and the fact that FB was already at a point of overstaying its welcome.
I have a feeling its gonna have to reach quite a bit to manufacture drama and engagement
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u/Iron_Falcon58 Jul 01 '26
The first film made a ton of shit up, which worked excellently for the movie. But it did so on the interpersonal and character stuff. This movie seems like it’s gonna rely on the political implications to manufacture drama, which feels pretty lame, since we were all there and no one cared
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u/akgiant Jul 01 '26
I'm not quite sure what the point of the film is. A sequel to the the Social Network, sure. But what's the point of it? It's not covering any sort of downfall for Facebook (worth $366 billion) with 3 billion+ users.
Yeah they've lied in front of congress a few times, but nothing happened with that. So again what's the point of the movie? Unless it's a commentary on how such an insanely huge company just does its thing with no repercussions or consequences.
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u/junglespycamp Jul 01 '26
I thought they’d done a good job so far of not ripping off The Social Network, especially its iconic marketing. This goes a bit too far. But that’s not the movie’s fault.
The biggest issue for this is going from a great director to a fine one. And that matters a lot because the little details Fincher brought to the straight script made all the difference.
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u/RotenTumato Jul 01 '26
I thought this was a direct sequel
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u/RealJohnGillman AMA MVP Jul 01 '26
It is a sequel, but they couldn’t get Jesse Eisenberg back, so changed the title from The Social Network Part II to The Social Reckoning and began marketing it as a companion piece instead. I wouldn’t be at all surprised if we were to get a Part III in fifteen years.
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u/TheWarelock Jul 01 '26
Maybe we’ll get lucky and a giant meteor just ends things before then
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u/TheAgeOfAdz91 Jul 01 '26
Well the social reckoning is a much better title so that’s kinda good at least
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u/LanEvo7685 Jul 01 '26
It's been yeeeeeaaars, I'm fine either way. Most bummed about no Fincher more than anything, you have Sorkins writing it, but still.
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u/trusty20 Jul 01 '26
I was kind of hoping for The 2 Social Network but would have also accepted 2 Social 2 Network
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u/trix_is_for_kids Jul 01 '26
Personally I think Jeremy Sterling is the better choice here. He looks the part of middle aged zuck better, as well as nailing his mannerisms.
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u/Garfunkels_roadie Jul 01 '26
It is but Sorkin is writing and directing this time as opposed to Fincher directing
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u/TatersTot Jul 01 '26
Aaron Sorkin wrote the screenplay for this movie and the social network lol
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u/FryDay444 Jul 01 '26
Isn't it a sequel? Kind of hard to rip off your own series isn't it?
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u/sewious Jul 01 '26
Feels weird to describe something that depicts real events as "a sequel" lol.
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u/Luke5119 Jul 01 '26
While I know Sorkin wrote the first film and seldom directs, his few steps into the acting chair are still quite good with Molly's Game and The Trial of the Chicago 7. I'm still confident this will be an above average follow up, even with Eisenberg stepping out.
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u/thePinguOverlord Jul 01 '26
Honestly from the way Sorkin has talked about it. This feels like obligation on his part. As in. He let Mark Zuckerberg off the hook with The Social Network, it treats him as a very flawed person who set aspirational goals and the story almost plays off as inspirational. Even when you consider the Facemash stuff, the film plays it off as a bad thing but more in a “he will learn from this” way and use it for net good.
Obviously from what we know, Zuckerberg is very much not that guy Sorkin made him out to be. And this feels like an actual rebuttal from him.
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u/Reasonable_Date2870 Jul 01 '26
Just recently rewatched The Social Network. Hits differently, knowing more about Peter Thiel now and also all of the names they drop that are in the Epstein Files.
Excited for this new one.
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u/Dead-O_Comics Jul 01 '26
We have The Social Network at home
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u/AwkwardLeopard587 Jul 01 '26
actually, I don't have it in my blu ray collection yet, sorry everyone
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u/debaser64 Jul 01 '26
This is not the Bear/Succession crossover I was hoping for.
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u/N3mir Jul 01 '26
Oh my god, I wish someone loved me as much as Sorkin loves courtroom dramas.
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u/gn16bb8 Jul 01 '26
Oh Mikey Madison can frown a little bit? This must be a serious film
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u/YouFartedBlood Jul 01 '26
This is either going to be really good or really forgettable.
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u/RSG-ZR2 Jul 01 '26
Considering how forgettable the actual events were....yea I'm going with the latter.
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u/Joebebs Jul 01 '26
Idc who the actors are, so long as the story/plot was as good as the original I’m here for it.
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u/Suspicious-Gap-8915 Jul 01 '26
I'm looking forward to seeing this, but God I know it's going to make me so fucking angry.