The Social Network follow-up has set a release date and received an official тιтle. After winning an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for penning the original 2010 film about the founding of Facebook, Aaron Sorkin is returning to write and direct the sequel, based on a series of articles about the multiple harms caused by the social media site.

The confirmed cast includes Emmy winner and Oscar nominee Jeremy Strong (Succession, The Apprentice) as Mark Zuckerberg, taking over for Jesse Eisenberg. Two-time Emmy winner Jeremy Allen White (The Bear) will play Jeff Horwitz, the Wall Street Journal reporter behind the series of articles known as “The Facebook Files,” alongside Oscar winner Mikey Madison (Anora) as whistleblower Frances Haugen.

Now, Sony Pictures has announced that the follow-up is officially тιтled “The Social Reckoning” and will be released in theaters on October 9, 2026. Additionally, production is expected to begin next month.

What The Social Reckoning’s Release Date & тιтle Mean For The Movie

The Social Network was released around the same time in 2010 on October 1, and was a considerable commercial success, making nearly $225 million at the box office against its $40 million budget. It also went on to receive eight Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actor for Jesse Eisenberg, and Best Director for David Fincher.

By releasing around the same time, The Social Reckoning should maximize its box office prospects, but should also set itself up for similar awards season success. However, it will have some compeтιтion at the box office on October 9, as The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender and the horror movie Other Mommy are currently scheduled for that same date.

Sony also released an official synopsis for The Social Reckoning, which describes it not as a sequel, but as a “companion piece” to The Social Network, telling the true story of how Frances Haugen, a young Facebook engineer, teams up with Jeff Horwitz for a risky endeavor that ultimately exposes Facebook’s most closely guarded secrets. Here is the full logline below:

A companion piece to the hit film, The Social Network, Sorkin’s original screenplay tells the true story of how Frances Haugen (Madison), a young Facebook engineer, enlists the help of Jeff Horwitz (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.

Our Take On The Social Reckoning’s тιтle

Though they could have gone with something much more generic, such as The Social Network 2, The Social Reckoning seems an appropriate тιтle for the follow-up. While the first film focused on the founding of Facebook, based on the book The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich, the follow-up will shift focus to Jeff Horwitz’s articles about its harmful effects.

The тιтle captures this natural evolution and shifts focus from Facebook’s glamorous beginnings to the sobering consequences of its unchecked power. While the original movie was about ambition, betrayal, and innovation, the follow-up will focus on themes such as accountability, deception, and harm. The тιтle itself, The Social Reckoning, highlights this seismic shift from celebrating social media’s rise to dealing with the damage it has caused.