Jeremy Strong hasn't spoken to Jesse Eisenberg about playing Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Network sequel because he believes their performances have "nothing to do with" each other. The Succession actor is playing an older version of the Facebook founder in The Social Reckoning, which is set 17 years after the events of 2010's The Social Network, in which Eisenberg played Zuckerberg. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Strong confirmed that he hasn't spoken to Eisenberg about taking over the role. "No, I think that has nothing to do with what I'm going to do," he explained. The Social Reckoning, written and directed by Aaron Sorkin, will star Anora actress Mikey Madison as a young Facebook engineer named Frances Haugen, who teams up with Wall Street Journal reporter Jeff Horwitz, played by Jeremy Allen White, to blow the whistle on the social network's biggest secrets. The movie marks the third collaboration between Strong and Sorkin after 2017's Molly's Game and 2020's The Trial of the Chicago 7, and the actor believes the "third time's the charm". Praising the project, he said, "It's one of the great scripts I've ever read. It speaks to our time, it touches the third rail of everything happening in our world. It's a great character - fascinating, complex - and I'm approaching it with great care and empathy and objectivity. I've made two films with Aaron and third time's the charm." Sorkin won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for writing The Social Network, directed by David Fincher. He is both writing and directing the sequel. According to IMDb, the project is currently in production ahead of a release in October 2026.