Jeremy Strong is emerging as the front-runner to play Facebook founder and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Network Part II, Deadline has learned.
While no official offer has been made, sources confirm that Strong is currently the top choice for the role in the upcoming Sony project.
This potential casting follows Deadline’s earlier report that The Bear star Jeremy Allen White and actress Mikey Madison are also in talks for key roles, with White likely portraying Wall Street Journal journalist Jeff Horowitz and Madison as the whistleblower behind the explosive Facebook Files series.
The film, written and directed by Aaron Sorkin, is being developed as a spiritual successor—not a direct sequel—to 2010’s The Social Network, which earned Sorkin an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay. Jesse Eisenberg previously portrayed Zuckerberg in the original film and received an Oscar nomination for his performance.
This new installment will center around the WSJ’s 2021 investigative series The Facebook Files, which revealed disturbing internal practices and ethical concerns within the tech giant. Sorkin reportedly spent years exploring possible angles before settling on this narrative, which focuses on the darker consequences of Facebook’s global reach.
Produced by Todd Black, Peter Rice, Stuart Besser, and Sorkin himself, The Social Network Part II aims to offer a sobering look into the social, political, and psychological fallout of Meta’s influence.
Strong is represented by WME and Range Media Partners.
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