The Social Network is a 2010 biographical drama film directed by David Fincher. The film was praised as one of the best movies of the 21st century.
Hollywood actors Jesse Eisenberg and Andrew Garfield were at the top of their game with their performances. And that’s why the film was a critical and commercial success, grossing $224 million on a $40 million budget.
Now, Fincher teased that talks are going on with original screenwriter Aaron Sorkin about making The Social Network 2. But more than that, fans have started anticipating its sequel already.
Fans’ Believe David Fincher’s The Social Network Sequel Will Feature Elon Musk
Now, 13 years later, the director David Fincher teased that there are talks going on with screenwriter Aaron Sorkin about the making of the sequel of The Social Network.
Only the director and screenwriter expressed their interest for now, but fans have already started anticipating the sequel.
While some of them think the movie doesn’t need any sequel, most of the fans even started making wild assumptions that the movie will feature Elon Musk and not Mark Zuckerberg this time. One X user (@DannyDrinksWine) wrote: “Featuring Elon Musk?”
Another X user (@tadashiroll) wrote: “Cool. But, maybe about a different social network, like Twitter / X.” See other fans comments:
I really hope @elonmusk gets to play zucc 👀
— Sam 🙂 (@SloudMouth7) October 27, 2023
the movie would basically be a whole montage of Zuck training for Musk
— Lil Joey (@HeyLilJoey) October 27, 2023
Damm that will be soo cool, make it on Twitter acquisition,💀💀
— Ashutosh_shirsath_ (@racelikeriver) October 27, 2023
No doubt, most people think that the sequel will be based on Musk and his Twitter acquisition. But who knows, what the future holds? Although Fincher is actually cryptic about whether the movie will actually take place. In an interview with The Guardian, he said:
“Aaron [Sorkin, who wrote the film] and I have talked about it, but, um … that’s a can of worms.”
It’s because there’s a lot happened with Zuckerberg and Facebook since the movie came out. The point here to note is that the official sequel has not been announced yet. So, if the sequel is not confirmed, the return of Andrew Garfield and Jesse Eisenberg isn’t certain either.
Will There Be The Sequel of The Social Network?
The Social Network (2010) was widely acclaimed and took home three Oscars, including one for Best Adapted Screenplay. If considered the success of the first film, then its sequel is good to go. Plus, in terms of path, there’s plenty of material to explore about Facebook.
The social platform’s history has emerged since it purchased Instagram in 2012 and the major rebrand to Meta in 2021.
That’s why David Ficher‘s concerns about not making the sequel seem valid because it’s questionable whether a sequel would hit the same jackpot commercially in today’s changed theatrical landscape.
Watch The Social Network (2010) on Prime Video.
