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David Fincher all but confirms that Mindhunter won’t be returning

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Although he’d initially stated that he was planning a five-season run for the show, David Fincher’s acclaimed psychological crime series Mindhunter found itself placed on indefinite hold by Netflix back in January, with the cast all released from their contracts by the streamer just two seasons in. The official announcement from Netflix stated that Fincher […]

October Horrors 2020 – Se7en (1995)

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Se7en, 1995. Directed by David Fincher. Starring Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Richard Roundtree, R. Lee Ermey, John C. McGinley and Kevin Spacey. SYNOPSIS: Detectives Mills and Somerset find themselves locked in a battle of wits with a meticulous and sadistic serial killer using the Seven Deadly Sins as his modus operandi. I don’t […]

David Fincher’s Mank gets a new trailer and poster

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Ahead of its arrival on Netflix this December, the streaming service has released a new trailer and poster for David Fincher’s biographical drama Mank which sees Gary Oldman lead the cast as Hollywood screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz; take a look here… 1930s Hollywood is re-evaluated through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter […]

Aaron Sorkin would like to write The Social Network sequel but only under one condition

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Its been a decade since director David Fincher and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin gave audiences The Social Network, the Oscar-winning insight into the origins of Facebook and its founder Mark Zuckerberg. Now, in an interview on the Happy.Sad.Confused podcast, Sorkin revealed that he and producer Scott Rudin would like to see a sequel to The Social Network happen […]

First teaser trailer for Netflix and David Fincher’s Mank

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David Fincher is back with a brand new film Mank, which dives into a fairly iconic name in the world of film. Fincher looks to tackle the story of screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz during one of the most infamous times in his life, the race to finish the script for Citizen Kane. In this first […]

David Fincher’s Mank will hit Netflix in December

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Fans of director David Fincher will soon see his long-awaited Mank as Collider reports that the streaming service has set a December premiere date for the new film. Mank will be released in select theaters sometime in November before premiering on Netflix on December 4th. The film is Fincher’s first project in six years after his 2014 hit […]

Se7en: Looking back at David Fincher’s masterpiece 25 years on

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Hasitha Fernando revisits David Fincher’s Se7en on its 25th anniversary… 25 years back a creative team consisting of an unproven director and a novice screenwriter churned out what would become one of modern cinema’s greatest genre classics, with 1995’s Se7en. The 90’s was a decade saturated with serial-killer whodunits, a trend which was jump-started with […]

New images from David Fincher’s Mank starring Gary Oldman

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Following on from this month’s first look images from Netflix, Empire has now unveiled another two still from David Fincher’s biographical drama Mank offering a new look at Gary Oldman as Hollywood screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz and Tom Pelphrey as his younger brother Joseph Mankiewicz, along with a shot of Oldman and Fincher on set; take […]

First look images from David Fincher’s Mank released by Netflix

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Mindhunter may be no more, but David Fincher returns to Netflix this year with Mank, a biographical drama film following Hollywood screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz (Citizen Kane), and the streamer has now unveiled a batch of first look images from the film which include a look at Gary Oldman as Mankiewicz, Amanda Seyfried as Marion […]

Netflix puts Mindhunter on indefinite hold, cast released from contracts

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Some bad news for fans waiting on news of a third season of Mindhunter, as Netflix has announced that it has put the acclaimed crime series on indefinite hold due to the busy schedule of executive producer David Fincher, and stars Jonathan Groff, Holt McCallany and Anna Torv have been released from their contracts. “David […]