Inspired by Ben Mezrich’s book The Accidental Billionaires, the original film delved into the founding of Facebook and the legal battles that followed.
Academy Award winner Aaron Sorkin reiterated his plans to write a sequel to his acclaimed drama, The Social Network (2010)examining the origins of Facebooka film that will focus on the impact of the social media platform on American democracy.
On a recent episode of the entertainment business podcast The Town, Sorkin told Matthew Belloni and Peter Hamby: “Look, yes, I will write about this. “I blame Facebook for January 6.”.
When asked to explain how the project will address the events of that infamous day, in which a mob of supporters of then-US President Donald Trump stormed the US Capitol building, he said matter-of-factly: ” “You’re going to need to buy a movie ticket.”
Sorkin shared, however, that he’s been “trying” to figure out the project specifically as a movie. “Facebook has been, among other things, adjusting its algorithm to promote the most divisive material possible, because that is what will increase engagement. That’s what will get you to what they call within the halls of Facebook, ‘the infinite scroll,’ Sorkin said. “At Facebook there is supposed to be a constant tension between growth and integrity. There is not; “There is simply growth.”
The “dark side of Facebook”
Sorkin has repeatedly alluded to the prospect of a sequel to The Social Network in recent years, and told the Happy Sad Confused podcast in 2020 that he intended to examine “the dark side of Facebook,” but emphasized: “I’ll only write it if [el cineasta original David Fincher] directs it. If Billy Wilder came back from the grave and said he wanted to direct it, he would say he would only do it with David.”
Inspired by the book of Ben Mezrich The Accidental Billionairesthe original film delved into the founding of Facebook and the legal battles that followed. Starring byr Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Armie Hammer and more, the film grossed more than $224 million worldwide and won multiple Oscars, including one for Sorkin in the Best Adapted Screenplay category.
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