#aaron-sorkin

#aaron-sorkin

While Oscar nominee Jeremy Strong ("The Apprentice") could be back at the Oscars for the second year in a row for his subtle, moving performance as manager Jon Landau in "Bruce Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere," he's neither rooting for himself nor for another character actor he admires, Sean Penn in "One Battle After Another." As a member of this year's Cannes jury, Strong is an unabashed fan of Norway's Cannes prize-winning Oscar entry, "Sentimental Value." "Give Stellan Skarsgård the Oscar, please," he said as we sat down at the Four Seasons in Los Angeles.

It was quite the sight in general but especially unnerving at a moment when Canadian-American relations are so deep in the toilet that they're in the Pacific Ocean. Word on the street is that Aaron Sorkin is to blame. Reports were circulating online that his latest project, The Social Reckoning, began filming in the city on Monday, October 20, and he apparently kicked things off by reenacting the January 6 insurrection on Canadian soil.

It's hard to quantify the success of . It made $224 million at the box office against a $40 million budget; it was nominated for eight Oscars, winning three; it recently placed at No. 10 on both the New York Times' industry poll and readers poll for the best movies of the 21st century. So ... let's make another one, right? That always goes well.

Sorkin, who won an Academy Award for his screenplay for the original film, will write and direct the new installment. Sorkin, Todd Black, Peter Rice, and Stuart Besser are also producers on the project.

Sony is moving forward with The Social Network Part II, a follow-up to David Fincher's 2010 feature about how TheFacebook went on to become a crucial website.