Preview:
- ‘Loki’s Wunmi Mosaku is the latest addition to ‘The Social Reckoning’.
- She joins the likes of Jeremy Strong, Jeremy Allen White and Mikey Madison.
- Aaron Sorkin wrote and will direct the movie.
With some big names –– those would be ‘The Bear’s Jeremy Allen White, ‘The Apprentice’s Jeremy Strong and ‘Anora’ Oscar winner Mikey Madison –– already involved, writer/director Aaron Sorkin is filling out the rest of the cast for ‘The Social Reckoning.’
And the latest to join, according to Deadline? ‘Sinners’ Wunmi Mosaku.
761M6YDyswWVCeHsJzYfN2The new movie will follow 2010’s ‘The Social Network’ (which Sorkin won an Oscar for scripting), which looked at the controversial birth of Facebook and the college/post-college days of founder Mark Zuckerberg.
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What was the story of ‘The Social Network’?
The 2010 original, which had David Fincher calling the shots, looked at the difficult evolution of Facebook from college ranking system created –– there’s some debate as the movie suggests –– by Zuckerberg, played there by Jesse Eisenberg.
‘The Social Network’ charts Zuckerberg and his system’s rise to ubiquity and the people who ended up suing for their share of the profits, including the Winklevoss twins and old college friend Eduardo Saverin (Andrew Garfield).
A huge hit with audiences and critics, it earned $226 million at the global box office.
How does ‘The Social Reckoning’ follow that?
Described as a companion piece to ‘The Social Network,’ Sorkin’s new script tells the true story of how Frances Haugen (Madison), a young Facebook engineer, enlists the help of Jeff Horwitz (White), a Wall Street Journal reporter, to go on a dangerous journey that ends up blowing the whistle on the social network’s most guarded secrets.
Strong is taking over the role of Zuckerberg from Eisenberg, while Mosaku’s role is unknown for now. Bill Burr (‘The King of Staten Island’) is also aboard, similarly in a mysterious role.
Where else have we seen Wunmi Mosaku?
In addition to her role in box office hit ‘Sinners,’ Mosaku has been seen in the likes of Marvel’s ‘Loki’ (and she reprised her role as Time Variance Authority Agent B-15 in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’).
Outside of those, she’s cropped up in the likes of ‘Lovecraft Country,’ ‘His House’ and ‘Black Mirror.’
And next up, she’ll appear alongside Amanda Seyfried in ‘The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd’, the forthcoming prison break thriller written and directed by Tim Blake Nelson.
When will ‘The Social Network II’ be on screens?
Sony has yet to confirm a release date for the new movie. But we’d be shocked –– shocked, we tell you! –– if it wasn’t lined up as a potential awards competitor next year.
List of Aaron Sorkin Movies and TV Shows:
- ‘A Few Good Men‘ (1992)
- ‘Malice‘ (1993)
- ‘The American President‘ (1995)
- ‘Sports Night‘ (1998 – 2000)
- ‘The West Wing‘ (1999 – 2006)
- ‘Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip‘ (2006 – 2007)
- ‘Charlie Wilson’s War‘ (2007)
- ‘The Social Network‘ (2010)
- ‘Moneyball‘ (2011)
- ‘The Newsroom‘ (2012 – 2014)
- ‘Steve Jobs‘ (2015)
- ‘Molly’s Game‘ (2017)
- ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7‘ (2020)
- ‘Being the Ricardos‘ (2021)
