Sony faces legal threat from Meta

Director Aaron Sorkin said getting approval for The Social Reckoning was not straightforward. Meta is a phenomenally powerful company with limitless resources that can sue at the drop of a hat.

“You also have this phenomenally powerful company with limitless resources who can sue you at the drop of a hat.”

Meta sent warning letters to Sony

Sorkin said Sony's legal department received letters from Meta. He said he does not think those letters said, We're wishing you all the luck in the world.

“It's my understanding that Sony did get letters from Meta, and I do not think those letters said, 'We're wishing you all the luck in the world.'”

Sony hired outside lawyers for fact-checking

Sony's legal department typically vets non-fiction films thoroughly. For The Social Reckoning, the studio hired an outside law firm to ensure every single thing presented as a fact is a fact.

“every single thing that is presented as a fact is a fact”

Sorkin faced creative constraints

Sorkin said the things he wasn't able to say or do are agonizing. He noted the irony that they were fact-checking a movie about a company unwilling to do the same thing.

“The things that I wasn't able to say or do are agonizing.”

Film dramatizes Facebook whistleblower story

The Social Reckoning is based on the two thousand twenty-one Facebook leak. Former employee Frances Haugen copied internal documents showing Facebook was aware its platforms had adverse effects on users.

Cast includes Strong as Zuckerberg

Actor Mikey Madison plays Frances Haugen. Jeremy Allen White plays Wall Street Journal reporter Jeff Horwitz. Jeremy Strong will portray Mark Zuckerberg. This is Sorkin's second Facebook film after the two thousand ten box-office hit The Social Network.