Aaron Sorkin Is Working on a Jan. 6 Movie: 'I Blame Facebook' [View all]

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Source: Daily Beast

Aaron Sorkin Is Working on a Jan. 6 Movie: ‘I Blame Facebook’

The “Social Network” scribe admitted that he’s taking on the Capitol Riots with a new film, and there may be a connection between the two projects.

Eboni Boykin-Patterson
Entertainment Reporter
Updated Apr. 26, 2024 11:19AM EDT / Published Apr. 26, 2024 11:18AM EDT

Aaron Sorkin is bringing the Jan. 6 Capitol Riots to the big screen with a new film. In the newest episode of podcast The Town, Sorkin opened up (slightly) about his new project, and how it might connect to his hit film The Social Network.

While discussing the state of politics in America, Sorkin made it known who he thinks is responsible for the insurrectionist attack on the White House on January 6th. “I blame Facebook for January 6,” he said, and on being pressed to explain why, he dropped some bombshell news. “You’re gonna need to buy a movie ticket,” to find out.

Sorkin then went mum on the subject, out of deference to his publicist, who was apparently in the audience at a pre-White House Correspondents Dinner party on Wednesday night hosted by WME and Puck in Washington, D.C.

He did ultimately explain why he blames Facebook, once the live audience recovered from excitement about the movie news. “Facebook has been, among other things, tuning its algorithm and tuning its algorithm to promote the most divisive material possible because that is what will increase engagement,” he said. “That is what will get you to, what they call inside the hallways of Facebook, ‘the infinite scroll.’”

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Related:
• Aaron Sorkin to write film about January 6 and Facebook disinformation (The Guardian)
• Aaron Sorkin Reveals He Blames Mark Zuckerberg for January 6, Is Writing His Next Movie About It (Mediaite)