Jeremy Sturdy is opening up about his upcoming position as Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Community sequel.
Sturdy will play the tech billionaire in The Social Reckoning, Aaron Sorkin‘s follow-up to the 2010 movie that noticed Jesse Eisenberg portraying Zuckerberg’s creation of Fb. The sequel, set for October 2026, facilities on a younger Fb engineer named Frances Haugen (performed by Mikey Madison) who groups up with Wall Avenue Journal reporter Jeff Horwitz (Jeremy Allen White) on a dangerous mission to convey consideration to Fb’s largest secrets and techniques.
On the Academy Museum Gala on Saturday, the Succession star — sporting a shiny purple go well with and lighter hair that he stated was “for work” — informed The Hollywood Reporter, “It’s one of many nice scripts I’ve ever learn. It speaks to our time, it touches the third rail of every part taking place in our world. It’s an incredible character — fascinating, advanced — and I’m approaching it with nice care and empathy and objectivity. I’ve made two movies with Aaron [with The Trial of the Chicago 7 and Molly’s Game] and third time’s the attraction.”
When requested if he had talked to Eisenberg — who was nominated for an Oscar for his efficiency within the first movie — about taking up the Zuckerberg position, Sturdy stated, “No, I feel that has nothing to do with what I’m going to do.”
The sequel is ready 17 years after the occasions of The Social Community, with Sturdy — who’s at the moment on the awards circuit for Springsteen: Ship Me from Nowhere — portraying an older model of the CEO. Sorkin is directing in addition to writing; he gained an profitable an Oscar for penning the primary film, which had David Fincher within the director’s chair.