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Simran Pasricha

The Social Network 2 Just Dropped Its Trailer & Fans Are Divided: ‘Looks Like An SNL Sketch’

Jeremy Strong David Fincher Mark Zuckerberg Facebook Aaron Sorkin Alec (Person) Jeremy Allen White Jesse Eisenberg Mikey Madison

The first trailer for The Social Network 2 (officially titled The Social Reckoning) has just dropped and fans are already split on this one. Honestly, the reactions feel about as chaotic as Facebook’s own comment sections circa 2012.

The trailer for Aaron Sorkin’s long-awaited follow-up dropped this week, giving us our first proper look at the so-called “companion piece” to David Fincher’s The Social Network. But instead of universal hype, the internet’s response has landed somewhere between cautious curiosity and straight-up confusion.

He’s even got the intense posture down. (Image: Social Reckoning)

For context, The Social Reckoning shifts focus away from the early days of Facebook and into its messier (and darker, IMO) modern era. The film follows real-life whistleblower Frances Haugen (played by Anora breakout Mikey Madison), who worked as a Facebook engineer before leaking internal documents that exposed the platform’s impact on users. She teams up with Wall Street Journal reporter Jeff Horwitz, played by our fave rat boyfriend Jeremy Allen White, kicking off what’s framed as a high-stakes attempt to hold the company accountable.

There’s also a glimpse of Jeremy Strong stepping into the Mark Zuckerberg role, previously made iconic by Jesse Eisenberg. In the trailer, his Zuckerberg is creepily calm, defiant, and very much leaning into the “free speech absolutist” defence while denying wrongdoing.

You can watch the trailer here:

On paper, it sounds like there’s plenty of material to justify a sequel. The past 15 years of Facebook, now Meta, have been packed with scandals, whistleblowers, and global debates about misinformation and harm. If anything, the story has only gotten bigger and more complicated since 2010.

And yet, fans aren’t totally convinced.

A lot of the early reaction online is circling the same question: did this actually need a sequel? The original film is widely considered one of the defining movies of its era, with Fincher’s direction and Sorkin’s script striking a very specific tone that feels hard to replicate.

There’s also the small matter of expectations. When you’re following up a film that good, people are going to be picky.

That said, the cast is undeniably stacked. Alongside Madison, White and Strong, the film also features Wunmi Mosaku, Betty Gilpin, Billy Magnussen and Bill Burr. There are some fans that are genuinely excited about exploring a new chapter of the nightmare rein of Zuckerberg.

Ultimately, the trailer feels like it’s sparked more debate than excitement, at least for now. Whether that changes closer to its October release is another story.

One thing’s clear: people are watching closely, even if they’re not entirely sure they asked for this.

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