Aaron Sorkin is writing and directing a follow-up to The Social Network, and Jeremy Strong is reportedly the lead candidate to play Mark Zuckerberg. “Sources say no formal offer has been presented but that he is the top choice to play the Facebook founder,” according to Deadline. Jesse Eisenberg played the role in the first film.

Jeremy Strong is being eyed to star as Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg in Aaron Sorkin's “The Social Network Part II.”

The news that Oscar-winning screenwriter of The Social Network, Aaron Sorkin, is developing a sequel for himself to direct went off like a bombshell in the entertainment world that almost certainly sent hundreds of agents around Hollywood hurdling toward their phones, frantic to get their clients aboard.