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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 […]

David Fincher confirmed to direct World War Z 2 starring Brad Pitt

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Recently, Paramount’s new studio chief Jim Gianopulos stated that he and Brad Pitt were trying to court director David Fincher (who has collaborated with Brad Pitt on a number of iconic films) into directing the long-gestating sequel to World War Z. Now, during an interview with THR, Gianopulos has confirmed that David Fincher will indeed […]

David Fincher close to directing World War Z sequel

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Ever since last summer, there have been rumours that Brad Pitt has been courting his frequent collaborator David Fincher to come on board to direct a sequel to his 2013 film World War Z and it looks like that is now a step closer to becoming a reality. Variety has reported Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions are very close to […]

Movie Review – Hitchcock/Truffaut (2016)

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Hitchcock/Truffaut, 2016. Directed by Kent Jones. Starring Mathieu Amalric, Wes Anderson, Olivier Assayas, Peter Bogdanovich, Arnaud Desplechin, David Fincher, James Gray, Alfred Hitchcock, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Richard Linklater, Paul Schrader, Martin Scorsese, Francois Truffaut. SYNOPSIS: Filmmakers look at the impact Francois Truffaut’s 1966 book ‘Cinema According to Hitchcock’ had on Hitchcock’s reputation, and their own films. […]

HBO shuts down production on David Fincher’s Videosynchrazy

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According to Deadline, HBO has shut down production on David Fincher’s secretive comedy series Videosynchrazy, with the site reporting that the cable network made the decision after viewing completed episodes of the show. The site reports that Fincher has asked for time to revisit the cuts and the series’ creative direction, and that as of […]

Sony looking to complete Dragon Tattoo trilogy, may combine two books into one sequel

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According to The Hollywood Reporter, Sony has not yet given up hope of a sequel to David Fincher’s The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, and is considering rounding out the trilogy by combining Stieg Larsson’s remaining two Millennium books, The Girl Who Played With Fire and The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest, into a […]

David Fincher and Ben Affleck reteaming for Strangers on a Train remake

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After collaborating on last year’s Gone Girl, David Fincher and Ben Affleck are again teaming up to remake the Alfred Hitchcock classic Strangers on a Train, according to Deadline. The remake will be a contemporary version and will switch the pivotal meeting from a train to a plane. The film will reportedly be titled Strangers, […]