NEW MOVIES: Oct. 8-14, 2026, “The Social Reckoning,” “Musk,” “Portrait of An Artist: Stephen Curry,” “World Without Cows”

The Social Reckoning is a 2026 American legal thriller film^[3][4][5] written, co-produced, and directed by Aaron Sorkin.^[6] A standalone sequel to The Social Network (2010), it dramatizes the 2021 Facebook leak by the whistleblower Frances Haugen and Jeff Horwitz. It stars Mikey Madison, Jeremy Allen White, Jeremy Strong, Bill Burr, Betty Gilpin, and Billy Magnussen.

Sorkin had expressed interest in writing a follow-up to The Social Network should it involve its director, David Fincher. The Social Reckoning entered development in June 2025, with Sorkin attached as both writer and director. Casting was also underway that month. Principal photography began in October 2025 in Vancouver, Canada, and wrapped in December.

Sony Pictures Releasing is scheduled to release The Social Reckoning in the United States on October 9, 2026.

• Mikey Madison as Frances Haugen, a data engineer for Facebook and a whistleblower who leaks thousands of the company’s internal documents
• Jeremy Allen White as Jeff Horwitz, a Wall Street Journal reporter whose aid Frances enlists
• Jeremy Strong as Mark Zuckerberg, the billionaire CEO of Facebook
• Bill Burr as Charlie, a member of Zuckerberg’s legal counsel
• Wunmi Mosaku as Raya, a member of Zuckerberg’s legal counsel
• Billy Magnussen as Teddy
• Betty Gilpin as Kris
• Gbenga Akinnagbe
• Anna Lambe
• Aidan Laprete
• Kelley Pereira
• Nelson Franklin
• Portia Doubleday
• Patrick Fischler
• Joey Brooks
• Sierra Capri
• Tehmina Sunny

Musk is a 2026 documentary film directed by Alex Gibney. It follows the billionaire businessman Elon Musk and his enormous influence in contemporary right-wing politics.

The film had its world premiere out of competition at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival on September 8, 2026.^[2] It is scheduled for theatrical release in the United States on October 9, with Bleecker Street.

The documentary is described as a “definitive and unvarnished examination” of businessman Elon Musk.^[3][4][5]

Listed as appearing in the film are ex-wife Justine Musk, child custody rival Ashley St. Clair, journalists Kara Swisher and Zoë Schiffer, and engineers Martin Eberhard and Geoffrey Hinton.^[2]