A lot has happened at Facebook in the 9 years sinceThe Social Networkcame out. Writer Aaron Sorkin believes it may be time forThe Social Network 2. Sorkin won an Oscar for his work on the first movie, and now nearly a decade later, he may be going back to the saga behind Mark Zuckerberg and the rise of social media. There is definitely a lot of new material to play with.
The Social Networktraced the story behind Facebook’s founding. Sorkin is interested in telling the next phase behind the social media empire, and Sony apparently wants the movie. Original producer Scott Rudin has been pushing for a follow-up for a few years now. Sorkin says this.
“I’ve gotten more than one email from him with an article attached saying, ‘Isn’t it time for a sequel?’ First of all, I know a lot more about Facebook in 2005 than I do in 2018, but I know enough to know that there should be a sequel. A lot of very interesting, dramatic stuff has happened since the movie ends with settling the lawsuit from the Winklevoss Twins and Eduardo Saverin.”
There have been hacking scandals, the controversial move to video, and the Cambridge Analytica issue all plaguing Facebook’s history since the time the original movie ends. Sorkin knows that there is some great potential for an even more dramatic and entertaining story this time around.
The Social Networkhit theaters in October 2010, and it was not only a hit with critics, but general audiences found it just as captivating. It went onto become one of the most acclaimed movies released that year. It picked up 8Oscarsnominations. And it won three. Sorkin took home the Best Adapted Screenplay award, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross won their first Oscar for Best Original Score, and Angus Wall and Krik Baxter won for Best Film Editing.
Along with being an awards favorite that year,The Social Networkappeared on many lists calling it one of the best films of the 21st century. The movie managed to pull in $225 million at the worldwidebox officefrom just a $40 million budget. At this time, Sorkin is adaptingTo Kill a Mockingbirdfor Broadway, which opened to rave reviews in December. He also worked on the 2017 crime biopicMolly’s Gamestarring Jessica Chastain, which was nominated for another Best Screenplay Oscar. He was planning to direct his own script forThe Trial of the Chicago 7, but production on that movie halted over budget concerns. It is on indefinite hold. This news comes from theAP Wire.
