Aaron Sorkin's The Social Reckoning and Robert Pattinson's Primetime lead this week's film openings
Sorkin's Facebook drama, built around a young Facebook engineer and the Wall Street Journal's reporting, and Pattinson's reality TV thriller are among six films opening this week.
A companion to The Social Network, not a sequel
Aaron Sorkin, who wrote The Social Network (2010) and won an Oscar for it, directs The Social Reckoning himself. The 112-minute American drama from 2026 is described by Kathimerini and Skai as an unofficial follow-up to the David Fincher film. Skai reports that Fincher rejected Sorkin's script, and that Sorkin then wrote a companion work rather than a sequel. Skai also says the production went through a difficult process, with re-editing, reshoots and script changes. According to Skai, Sony took unusual legal review measures out of fear of a possible legal clash with Meta, and Skai writes that these measures limit the film's effectiveness.
The Facebook engineer and the reporter
Mikey Madison plays Frances Haugen, a young software engineer at Facebook who decides to uncover the company's hidden secrets after a friend's inexplicable radicalisation. Naftemporiki reports that she leaks internal documents to Wall Street Journal reporter Jeff Horwitz, played by Jeremy Allen White. Jeremy Strong plays Mark Zuckerberg. Skai says the film draws on internal company studies showing harm to teenagers' mental health, especially on Instagram, and on the deliberate spread of misinformation that fed political violence. Naftemporiki and NEWS 24/7 place the story against the backdrop of the 2021 attack on the US Capitol. Naftemporiki also notes that Zuckerberg is preparing for an upcoming trial that could bring serious sanctions on the company. NEWS 24/7 describes Madison's role as her first since her Oscar for Anora.
Primetime
Primetime is the first full-length fiction feature by documentary filmmaker Lance Oppenheimer, a 2026 American thriller of 110 minutes. Robert Pattinson plays Chris Hansen, presenter of the reality series To Catch a Predator, which in the first decade of the 2000s trapped suspects in sex crimes against minors. Merit Wevill co-stars, and Skyler Gisondo plays an aspiring actor who takes on the show's role despite his doubts. The film had its recent screening at the Venice Film Festival, according to Iefimerida and Kathimerini. Vima praises the gritty cinematography of David Bolen, which it says helps create a sense of a murky atmosphere. Vima also finds that Oppenheimer makes his point a little more often than necessary.
The rest of the week
Skai counts six new films this week and says three of them are worth attention. Vima singles out the Bi Gan film, which it describes as a refined work that steals attention from the rest of the slate, and Skai describes it as an ambitious film about the dream of cinema. The slate also includes the horror film Another Mom, with Jessica Chastain, and DreamWorks' latest animation, Forgotten Island. Skai also lists the documentary Gaza: The Strip of Extermination. Screenings start on Thursday, 8 October 2026.
