Aaron Sorkin is heading back inside the machine. The official teaser trailer has arrived for his new dramatic thriller, a companion piece to the hit film ‘The Social Network’, landing exclusively in theatres October 9, 2026. Sorkin writes and directs.
The screenplay is built from one of the decade’s biggest media stories. It’s based on the events behind the Wall Street Journal’s explosive exposé ‘The Facebook Files’, tracing the true story of how Frances Haugen (Mikey Madison), a young Facebook engineer, brings her case to Wall Street Journal reporter Jeff Horwitz (Jeremy Allen White). Together they set off on a dangerous path that ends up exposing the social network’s most closely guarded secrets.
The cast runs deep. Alongside Madison and White, the ensemble features Wunmi Mosaku, Betty Gilpin, and Billy Magnussen, with Bill Burr and Jeremy Strong rounding out the lineup. It’s a stacked roster for a story built on high-stakes conversations, exactly the terrain Sorkin commands better than anyone.
The production team carries serious weight too. Todd Black, Peter Rice, Sorkin, and Stuart Besser produce, with executive producers Lauren Lohman, Roger McNamee, Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Broderick Johnson, and Andrew A. Kosove. The film is currently unrated by the Motion Picture Association.