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 new trailer below.
The official synopsis reads:
Inspired by true events and the whistleblower who started the social media reckoning we’re seeing play out today, this Aaron Sorkin original screenplay is a companion piece to the hit film The Social Network and a true David and Goliath story. 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.