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Every revolution begins with a reckoning.

The Social Reckoning, a companion piece to The Social Network, is coming exclusively to theaters October 9.

THE SOCIAL RECKONING
Dramatic Thriller
October 9, 2026

A companion piece to the hit film The Social Network, Sorkin’s original screenplay is based on the events that gave rise to the Wall Street Journal’s shocking exposé The Facebook Files. The film is inspired by 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.

Written and Directed by:
Aaron Sorkin
Transcript
00:00Listen, before I go on, I want to make something clear.
00:04Okay.
00:04I have a hunch you're not a fan of Facebook.
00:07But I am.
00:08I am here to help Facebook, not hurt it.
00:11Okay?
00:12You send me a message.
00:14What would you like to talk about?
00:19The chairman gavels a session to order.
00:23You'll read your opening statement, which we'll skip past for now.
00:26That's a separate session.
00:27And we'll move to witness questioning.
00:32Spell your name and state your current occupation for the record.
00:35M-A-R-K-Z-U-C-K-E-R-B-E-R-G.
00:39And your occupation?
00:42I'm a professional defendant.
00:44I ran class fires on political groups where 30% of content hits multiple risk factors.
00:48Hang on, I don't understand what you're saying.
00:50Aren't you a tech reporter?
00:52Ish.
00:53Ish?
00:54These guys are counting on the next round of congressional testimony to make you likable, Mark.
00:58I'm happy to lend a hand, but I think you're doomed.
01:04This company and that guy are playing an unprecedented role in our lives.
01:10The fire hose of bad information you are injecting into the air supply is becoming jet powered.
01:15I'm a free speech absolutist.
01:17I'm not the one who's lying.
01:18And I'm not stopping them from seeing someone who is.
01:22Anxiety, depression of teenage girls got worse as a result of time spent on the platform.
01:26Senior leadership knows and is doing nothing.
01:29I know there are easier enemies to make.
01:31The mafia would be an easier enemy to make.
01:34So what would you need?
01:36To stand up the story, the internal documents.
01:38This is a material violation of my MBA.
01:40We're twice as big as the biggest country on earth.
01:42We're not frightened of Congress.
01:43We're post-government around here.
01:45Please, please let me quote that.
01:48We have 102 hours to get everything.
01:50She's going to get sued into small pieces.
01:53I don't want to be made an example of by a guy with unlimited resources.
01:56Harm, I promise you, is imminent.
01:58Enough!
02:00People around here understand that when I say no, that's the end of the debate.
02:04I'm not two years out of a dorm room anymore, Charlie.
02:06Look around.
02:14I don't know what the girl thinks she's doing.
02:17She's disrupting.
02:29I don't know what the girl thinks.
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