Jesse Eisenberg Will Be Replaced in ‘The Social Network Part II’ & I’m Officially Out

Facebook’s, and particularly its CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s history, made sure there’s been enough to talk about in a potential sequel for The Social Network, but the project everyone dreamt about for so long is going down the drain long before being pushed into production.

The movie was announced back in June, though things were looking suspicious right away since there was no mention of David Fincher returning as the director whatsoever.

Instead, The Social Network’s writer Aaron Sorkin is the one to helm the future sequel, and I might not be the only one to think that this was only the beginning of the imminent end.

However, many still counted on original actor Jesse Eisenberg’s return — should we say this dream has just been brutally ruined too?

Aaron Sorkin Is Eyeing Jeremy Strong for Replacing Jesse Eisenberg in ‘The Social Network Part II’

Just when the original movie’s fans didn’t even have that much time to speculate on Jeremy Allen White and Mikey Madison’s possible roles in the sequel, another bombshell dropped, suggesting that, despite hopes, Eisenberg isn’t going to reprise his role of Mark Zuckerberg.

Instead, the scandalous CEO’s part might be going to Succession’s star Jeremy Strong who, according to The Hollywood Reporter, could also portray a Wall Street Journal editor.

Still, the sources insist that neither of the actors have signed a deal yet, which leaves most of the details shrouded in mystery.

So far, Mikey Madison is believed to take on the role of Frances Haugen, a data engineer who disclosed tens of thousands of Facebook’s internal documents to WSJ. White, in his turn, could play a WSJ tech reporter who covered the case back then.

‘The Social Network’ Fans Aren’t Buying a Sequel Without Jesse Eisenberg Anyway (So Don’t I)

It does make sense for the movie’s Mark Zuckerberg to look older (while Eisenberg didn’t change a bit in the recent fifteen years), but it still doesn’t make sense without Eisenberg in it.

Whatever point you choose, the sequel looks just like a separate movie that Sorkin wants to give a go to without connecting it to the original film.

It becomes all the way more painful with the rumour of Eisenberg refusing to reprise his role himself, so now we’re doomed for a sequel that doesn’t really have a predecessor.

“I mean, it’s a hell of a cast, but I don’t like that it wouldn’t be Eisenberg”, Redditor breadfruitbuddy voiced the same concern in a thread, joined by many others who predicted that Sorkin’s movie will just, well, suck.

Will I watch it? Thanks but no thanks.