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Actors Mikey Madison and Jeremy Allen White are set to be gearing up for the long-awaited sequel to ‘The Social Network’.
According to reports, film’s writer Aaron Sorkin has his eyes set on the ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ star, 26, and ‘The Bear’ actor, 34, to play the leading roles in ‘The Social Network II’. However, no formal announcements have been made so far as the budget and script of the film are being worked out.
The Academy Award winning filmmaker is said to have already penned the screenplay for a sequel to his 2010 blockbuster film that followed the story of the social media platform’s creation. In the original movie, Jesse Eisenberg essayed the role of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. However, if he will return as Zuckerberg is yet to be known.
Sorkin will reportedly also direct the second instalment of the film, which comes 15 years after David Fincher helmed the original. Sources say the movie will not be a conventional sequel, but a “follow-up to the original film” which explored the platform’s origins.
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The film will reportedly delve into the story behind the Wall Street Journal’s Facebook Files, which were a series of October 2021 articles by Jeff Horowitz that attempted to unearth Facebook’s inner workings, and the harms caused by them.
The focus won’t all be on the suggestion that Facebook played a role in the January 6, 2020 attack on the US Capitol. It will also delve into the impact the site has on teenagers and preteens, as well as violence, and its wider effect on countries around the world.
Notably, in 2021, Sorkin had disclosed his plans for a sequel, insisting “what has been going on with Facebook these last few years is a story very much worth telling.”
