Jeremy Strong pressed to play Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Network 2

This spiritual suite of David Fincher’s film could also count Jeremy Allen White and Mikey Madison in the casting.

Jeremy Strong may soon succeed Jesse Eisenberg in the shoes of Mark Zuckerberg. According to several sources, the actor of Succession would be the first choice to interpret Meta CEO and Facebook founder in The Social Network 2the new project written and carried out by Aaron Sorkin. No official offer has yet been made, but Strong appears to be the favorite.

The site Deadline report that Jeremy Allen White (The Bear) et Mikey Madison (Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood) are also among the headliners. White should interpret Jeff Horowitz, journalist of Wall Street Journal At the origin of the revelations on Facebook, while Madison could embody the whistleblower who fueled her investigation.

Neither Sony nor the representatives of Strong have for the moment made a comment. In June, Deadline had revealed that Aron Sorkin actively worked for a spiritual suite of The Social Network (2010), Cult film by David Fincher, which had earned Jesse Eisenberg an Oscar nomination for his interpretation of Zuckerberg. The project is developing with producers Todd Black, Peter Rice, Sorkin himself and Stuart Beser.

Unlike the first film, centered on the creation of Facebook and the judicial battles that followed, this new opus will explore the drifts of the platform. Sorkin’s scenario is based in particular on The Facebook Filesthe shock survey published in 2021 by the Wall Street Journal And signed Jeff Horowitz, who revealed the controversial practices of the company and its negative impacts on the company.