Aaron Sorkin's film The Social Reckoning was released in U.S. theaters on Oct. 9, 2026. The movie features Jeremy Strong as Mark Zuckerberg and examines the social media company's internal operations.

Sorkin wrote and directed the 112-minute film, which also stars Mikey Madison as Frances Haugen and Jeremy Allen White as reporter Jeff Horwitz. Betty Gilpin, Bill Burr, Billy Magnussen and Portia Doubleday appear in supporting roles, with Jeff Cronenweth serving as cinematographer.

"There's supposed to be some kind of tension between growth and safety. He's abandoned the safety part, and it's just about growth," Sorkin said in an interview. "Facebook did this knowing that the thing you're most likely to re-share is anything that makes you angry — rage bait."

The film depicts events surrounding Facebook's 2018 algorithm change that weighted reshares or replies up to 30 times as much as a standard like, while comments were weighted at 15 times the value and emoji responses at five times the value. Haugen leaked internal Facebook documents to Horwitz in 2021, then testified before the U.S. Senate regarding the company's practices. Facebook's parent company rebranded itself as Meta following the outcry over the disclosures.

Jesse Eisenberg declined to reprise his role as Mark Zuckerberg for The Social Reckoning. "It turns out Jesse Eisenberg no longer wants to be conflated with Mark Zuckerberg. He doesn't like the guy," he said. Strong remained in character as Zuckerberg off-set during filming, and Sorkin described him as the best American actor under 50 years old.

Sorkin won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Social Network, which was released in 2010. A revival of his play A Few Good Men opened on Broadway in October 2026, and he attended a gala screening of The Social Reckoning in London that same month. "I am the living embodiment of Sisyphus. This movie, it opens October 9th. And on October 10th, I will be back at the bottom of the mountain," he said.

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Jeremy Strong remained in character as Mark Zuckerberg off-set during the filming of The Social Reckoning. Jeff Cronenweth served as cinematographer for The Social Reckoning. Portia Doubleday appears in The Social Reckoning. The Social Reckoning has a runtime of 112 minutes. Mark Zuckerberg shared an internal memo to staff stating the company's work had been mischaracterized following Frances Haugen's disclosures.