Overview
- The Social Reckoning is finished and will open in theaters on Oct. 9, 2026, as Aaron Sorkin’s dramatization of the 2021 Facebook document leak.
- The film follows whistleblower Frances Haugen and Wall Street Journal reporter Jeff Horwitz as they expose internal Facebook research that Haugen shared with journalists and congressional committees.
- Sorkin told The New York Times that Sony received letters from Meta and then hired an outside law firm to fact-check the movie so every stated factual claim could be vetted.
- Lead actor Jeremy Strong used method techniques for his portrayal of Mark Zuckerberg, stayed in character on set, and previously emailed Zuckerberg to stress his seriousness about the role.
- Meta representatives asked for tickets to see the film and the intense pre-release legal review highlights the risks studios face when depicting living public figures and corporate wrongdoing.