{"id":184114,"date":"2025-07-31T19:36:41","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T19:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/31\/the-sequel-to-the-social-network-may-have-just-found-its-lead-actors-techcrunch\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T19:36:41","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T19:36:41","slug":"the-sequel-to-the-social-network-may-have-just-found-its-lead-actors-techcrunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/31\/the-sequel-to-the-social-network-may-have-just-found-its-lead-actors-techcrunch\/","title":{"rendered":"The sequel to &#8216;The Social Network&#8217; may have just found its lead actors | TechCrunch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over a decade after \u201cThe Social Network,\u201d director Aaron Sorkin is reportedly working on a sequel, possibly with two leads in mind.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the 2010 original film focused on Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s rise, \u201cSocial Network Part II\u201d is said to draw from Jeff Horwitz\u2019s \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/the-facebook-files-11631713039\" target=\"_blank\">The Facebook Files<\/a>,\u201d which exposed Facebook\u2019s harmful effects on teens and its role in spreading misinformation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/07\/mikey-madison-jeremy-allen-white-social-network-part-ii-1236474718\/\" target=\"_blank\">Deadline<\/a>, Jeremy Allen White from \u201cThe Bear\u201d is being considered for the role of Horwitz, while Mikey Madison, known for her Oscar-winning role in \u201cAnora,\u201d may portray Frances Haugen, the whistleblower behind the articles, who was a former product manager at Facebook.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sorkin has reportedly met with both actors, but it\u2019s important to note that the film is still in development and hasn\u2019t been greenlit by Sony Pictures yet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/07\/31\/the-sequel-to-the-social-network-may-have-just-found-its-lead-actors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over a decade after \u201cThe Social Network,\u201d director Aaron Sorkin is reportedly working on a sequel, possibly with two leads in mind. While the 2010 original film focused on Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s rise, \u201cSocial Network Part II\u201d is said to draw from Jeff Horwitz\u2019s \u201cThe Facebook Files,\u201d which exposed Facebook\u2019s harmful effects on teens and its [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":184115,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-184114","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tech"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184114\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}