Aaron Sorkin and Kara Swisher Host Silicon Valley Premiere of THE SOCIAL RECKONING

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The Sorkin-directed film stars Mikey Madison and Jeremy Allen White in a companion piece to The Social Network.

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Writer/director Aaron Sorkin and journalist Kara Swisher of the Pivot Podcast unveiled THE SOCIAL RECKONING in Silicon Valley at the film's first screening.

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THE SOCIAL RECKONING arrives exclusively in movie theaters on October 9th, 2026. The film is rated R by the Motion Picture Association for language.

Inspired by true events and the whistleblower who started the social media reckoning playing out today, the Aaron Sorkin original screenplay is a companion piece to the hit film The Social Network and a true David and Goliath story. 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

Produced by: Todd Black , p.g.a.; Peter Rice , p.g.a.; Stuart Besser, p.g.a.; Aaron Sorkin , p.g.a

Executive Producers: Lauren Lohman, Roger McNamee, Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Broderick Johnson, Andrew A. Kosove

Mikey Madison

Jeremy Allen White

Wunmi Mosaku

Betty Gilpin

Billy Magnussen

with Bill Burr

and Jeremy Strong

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_Originally reported by [BroadwayWorld](https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/THE-SOCIAL-RECKONING-Screened-by-Aaron-Sorkin-and-Kara-Swisher-20260917)._