The 63rd New York Film Festival celebrated its Opening Night on Friday, September 26 with Luca Guadagnino’s “After the Hunt,” its North American premiere following its debut at Venice last month. This year’s main slate includes films from 26 countries, among them two world premieres (including Bradley Cooper’s “Is This Thing On?” and Ulrich Köhler’s “Gavagai”), plus eight North American and 13 U.S. premieres.
On the red carpet, we asked star Andrew Garfield if there is any hope to seeing him in the newly announced sequel for “The Social Network.” “No, no,” Garfield told IndieWire. “Eduardo [Saverin] is in Singapore having a good time.” And is the actor excited to eventually see it? “Oh yeah.”
The film is called “The Social Reckoning,” which is being written and directed this time by Aaron Sorkin. It will open in theaters on October 9, 2026. And alongside Jeremy Strong as Mark Zuckerberg, who is actually billed third among the cast list, Mikey Madison, Jeremy Allen White, and Bill Burr will all star. Sorkin’s original screenplay for the film tells the true story of how Frances Haugen (Madison), a young Facebook engineer, enlists the help of Jeff Horwitz (White), a Wall Street Journal reporter, to go on a dangerous journey that ends up blowing the whistle on the social network’s most guarded secrets.
Unrelated to the Sorkin film, we also caught up with screenwriter Nora Garrett, who made her feature writing debut with “After the Hunt.” “It all happened really quickly,” she told IndieWire of how she got involved with the Guadagnino project.
“Luca is a master of knowing what he wants and he is a master of moving with a swiftness without compromising any of his creative integrity,” she continued. “Allan Mandelbaum had come on as a producer and they sent it to Luca’s agent. Originally Luca had a scheduling conflict, but then luckily for me, it worked out.”
In Ryan Lattanzio’s review of the film, he writes, “The most recent movie ‘After the Hunt’ calls to mind is Todd Field’s “Tár,” similarly a cancel-culturally minded story set within academia, and about a female educator abusing her power. That film succeeded so well, in a way that everyone seemed to get without nose-wrinkling, because of its sense of humor about itself. ‘After the Hunt’ leaves some potential brambles of humor unpricked.”
Amazon MGM Studios will release “After The Hunt” in New York and LA theaters October 10 with a national rollout October 17. Check out the trailer here.