Overview
- Sony screened the first trailer at CinemaCon in Las Vegas, offering a first look at Jeremy Strong’s older Mark Zuckerberg and setting an October 9 theatrical release via Columbia Pictures.
- Aaron Sorkin wrote and directed the companion to The Social Network, focusing on Frances Haugen’s 2021 leak of internal documents and her work with Wall Street Journal reporter Jeff Horwitz.
- The teaser frames Zuckerberg as combative, featuring lines like “I am a professional defendant” and “I am a free speech absolutist,” and shows him shutting down debate with subordinates.
- Footage underscores claims from the Facebook Files era that company leaders knew about harm to teens and the spread of misinformation linked to political violence, presenting the material as a high-stakes exposé.
- Mikey Madison plays Haugen and Jeremy Allen White plays Horwitz, with Bill Burr, Wunmi Mosaku, Betty Gilpin, and Billy Magnussen also in the cast, as Sony positions the film as a David-versus-Goliath thriller with early awards buzz.