Writer/director Aaron Sorkin returns to the subject matter of his script for David Fincher's The Social Network with The Social Reckoning. The film dramatises the Wall Street Journal's investigation into the practices of Facebook. Mikey Madison plays Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen, with Jeremy Allen White as WSJ reporter Jeff Horwitz.
The film also stars Wunmi Mosaku, Betty Gilpin, Billy Magnussen, Bill Burr and Jeremy Strong as Mark Zuckerberg.
The Social Reckoning is in UK/ROI cinemas from October 9th.
Check out the trailer below.
The official synopsis reads:
A companion piece to the hit film The Social Network, Sorkin’s original screenplay is based on the events that gave rise to the Wall Street Journal’s shocking exposé The Facebook Files. The film is inspired by the true story of how Frances Haugen (Mikey Madison), a young Facebook engineer, enlists the help of Jeff Horwitz (Jeremy Allen White), a Wall Street Journal reporter, to go on a dangerous journey that ends up blowing the whistle on the social network’s most guarded secrets.