Sony Pictures has greenlit a sequel to the Academy Award-winning film "The Social Network," with original screenwriter Aaron Sorkin set to both write and direct the follow-up more than 15 years after the first film's release.

Aaron Sorkin is on board to write and direct a follow-up to The Social Network based on the Wall Street Journal series The Facebook Files.

In particular, Sorkin is believed to be focusing on events discussed in the Wall Street Journal's The Facebook Files, which published leaked documents that suggested the social ne