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David Fincher’s World War Z sequel has been scrapped

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Having been pushed back from its planned production start dates on several occasions, it has now been announced that Paramount Pictures has scrapped its plans for a World War Z sequel. The news that David Fincher was set to reunite with his  Se7en, Fight Club and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button star Brad Pitt on the follow-up to the […]

UPDATE: David Fincher’s World War Z sequel won’t start shooting in March

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UPDATE: We’ve now heard from Paramount that Production Weekly’s information is incorrect and there is no official word as yet as to when filming on World War Z 2 will begin. Original story follows… Having been pushed back multiple times over the past couple of years, it now seems that Paramount Pictures is finally ready […]

Tim Miller and David Fincher team with Netflix for Love, Death & Robots

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Netflix has announced that it is teaming with Tim Miller (Deadpool) and David Fincher (The Social Network) for a new animated anthology series entitled Love, Death & Robots. The series will consist of 18 animated shorts spanning sci-fi, fantasy, horror and comedy, and featuring characters such as “sentient dairy products, werewolf soldiers and robots gone […]

World War Z sequel aiming for June 2019 production start date

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Now, we’ve been down this road before on a couple of occasions, so you may not want to get too excited just yet, but it seems the oft-delayed World War Z sequel may finally be about to escape Development Hell. Speaking to Variety, producers Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner have revealed that a June 2019 […]

Why David Fincher Is Right And Wrong About Marvel

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Neil Calloway asks whether making movies for Marvel is what directors want… David Fincher has become the latest director to stick his oar in and have a slight pop at Marvel studios. Nothing surprising there, it’s sort of his job to fly the flag for grown up drama and it’s certainly his job to get […]

Ant-Man and the Wasp set photos, Jared Leto praises Suicide Squad 2, Black Panther trailer and more – Daily News Roundup

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TIGHT COSTUMES Some set photos from Ant-Man and The Wasp landed online yesterday, showing off the tight costumes for Paul Rudd’s Scott Lang and Evangeline Lilly’s Hope Van Dyne. Check them out here. FINCHER IS NO FAN OF MARVEL After some harsh words from An American Werewolf in London director John Landis, it’s the turn of […]

Making the Simple Great: The Power of a Top Director

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Tom Jolliffe on the power of a top director… We’ve all seen great directors deliver complex films, perhaps sprawling with ideas and scope. Perhaps an engrossing retelling of an event in history. A director like Christopher Nolan has spent almost his entire career on weaving complex and intricately stranded high concept films. It takes a […]

Dear David Fincher, Please Return to the Alien Franchise

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Henry Bevan with an open letter to David Fincher… Dear David, I’m going to jump right into it: you should consider lobbying to direct the next Alien movie, whatever it may be. Don’t stop reading! I know your last experience of the franchise on Alien 3 was a clusterfuck and you felt your career was being […]

Watch the trailer for David Fincher’s Mindhunter from Netflix

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Newflix has released a new trailer for David Fincher’s upcoming crime drama series Mindhunter. The Netflix Original Series is based on the non-fiction book Mind Hunter: Inside FBI’s Elite Serial Crime Unit by John Douglas and Mark Olshaker and features a cast that includes Jonathan Groff, Holt McCallany, Anna Torv, and Hannah Gross. Watch the trailer here… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gZCfRD_zWE […]