Why Andrew Garfield Will not Return For The Social Community Sequel

Prefer it or not, Andrew Sorkin is making a sequel to “The Social Community.” This day out, he isn’t solely writing the script, however taking the directorial reins from David Fincher. When the information broke, the business was abuzz with two main questions: would Jesse Eisenberg reprise his portrayal of Fb founder Mark Zuckerberg, and would there be a task for Andrew Garfield’s firm co-founder Eduardo Saverin? Zuckerberg handed as quickly because the challenge was introduced (doubtless as a result of he is grown more and more choosy about roles, however Fincher’s absence within the director’s chair in all probability did not assist both), however Garfield’s potential involvement remained up within the air — till now.

IndieWire caught up with the “Tick, Tick… Increase!” star on the pink carpet for the premiere of Luca Guadagnino’s “After the Hunt,” and he clearly said that he won’t be showing within the sequel, which is now being known as “The Social Reckoning.” Why? Per Garfield, “Eduardo is in Singapore having a great time.” Since he was in all probability probably the most sympathetic character within the first film, you is likely to be happy to listen to that Saverin resides the candy life in Southeast Asia. In actuality, he renounced his American citizenship in 2012 and high-tailed it to Singapore, the place he can keep away from paying someplace within the neighborhood of $100 million in U.S. taxes. Ought to he ever return to the U.S., he might get spanked with 30% in taxes on any home investments. So we have in all probability seen the final of Saverin in America. What a heartbreaker.

So with no Saverin and a reportedly supporting position for Eisenberg alternative Jeremy Robust, what within the heck is “The Social Reckoning” about?

Sorkin’s sequel will star Mikey Madison as a Fb engineer-turned-whistleblower who leaks a few of her firm’s most damaging secrets and techniques to a Wall Road Journal reporter (performed by “The Bear” Primetime Emmy-winner Jeremy Allen White). I hope Sorkin offers severe play to Fb’s fabricated metrics, which led to media websites’ “pivot to video,” which put 1000’s upon 1000’s of journalists out of labor as a result of customers supposedly most popular video to studying (this was an enormous, large lie). Fb, now Meta, has confronted a large number of scandals over the past decade-plus, however they keep afloat as a result of folks cannot countenance abandoning a website that platforms and promotes Nazis, whereas permitting youngsters to have “sensual chats” with the corporate’s AI.

Sorkin is not a satirist. He is principally his technology’s Stanley Kramer, a conscience-stricken liberal filmmaker who tackles societal ills and atrocities head-on (as Kramer did with the Hollywood Blacklist in “Excessive Midday”). This strategy might be wearying, however when the subject material is as pressing as Meta’s assault on our livelihoods and the welfare of our youngsters, Sorkin may simply be the person for the job. This isn’t nuanced subject material. It is simply evil.