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David Fincher wants 5 seasons of Mindhunter

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David Fincher wants to see his new series Mindhunter reach the five season mark. The latest original drama to arrive at Netflix comes in the form of Mindhunter. Debuting two weekends ago, the series centres on the real life tale of two FBI agents travelling around 70s America, interviewing incarcerated serial killers and mass murderers. […]

David Fincher on turning down Star Wars, offers brief World War Z 2 update

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Filmmaker David Fincher has been pretty active on the press rounds lately as he promotes his acclaimed new Netflix series Mindhunter. Recently, he shared his thoughts on Marvel Studios and how he feels it makes it challenging for directors to tell complex stories, and now he’s been talking to Empire about another Disney-owned franchise in […]

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 […]

David Fincher thinks that the Marvel Cinematic Universe makes it challenging for directors to tell complex tales

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Seven, and Fight Club director David Fincher has some criticism for the current state of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. During an interview with Youtuber Yellow King Film Boy, while talking about his excellent new Netflix series Mindhunter, the conversation swerved to Marvel Studios. As it turns out, Fincher takes some issue with the often light-hearted, and […]

October Horrors 2017 Day 13 – Alien 3 (1992)

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Alien 3, 1992. Directed by David Fincher. Starring Sigourney Weaver, Charles Dance, Charles S. Dutton, Brian Glover, and Lance Henriksen. SYNOPSIS: An escape pod containing Ripley, Newt and Hicks crash lands on a wind-battered prison planet, with Ripley being the sole survivor. Finding herself trapped on a planet whose entirely male population consists of murderers […]

Rumour: Ben Affleck’s script for The Batman was inspired by David Fincher’s The Game

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It looks like Ben Affleck’s original script for The Batman may have had an unlikely inspiration. Umberto Gonzalez aka “El Mayimbe” had this to say on Twitter today: …THE GAME also was the inspiration for the previous THE BATMAN script before Matt Reeves started over. https://t.co/nKYvQ3fMkL — Umberto Gonzalez (@elmayimbe) September 12, 2017 El Mayimbe has […]

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 […]

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 […]