#Direcor Inks 4-Year Deal With Streamer – /Film

#Direcor Inks 4-Year Deal With Streamer – /Film

“#Direcor Inks 4-Year Deal With Streamer – /Film” David Fincher has had a pretty good relationship with Netflix. He served as executive producer on the Netflix shows Mindhunter and House of Cards, and when Mindhunter went on indefinite hold, the streaming service gave him the chance to make one of his dream projects, Mank. Now, Fincher says he’s signed…

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#’Mank’ Celebrates Both the Writers and the Words

#’Mank’ Celebrates Both the Writers and the Words

“#’Mank’ Celebrates Both the Writers and the Words” Early on in David Fincher‘s sharp, smart, and beautifully shot Mank, the legendary media mogul William Randolph Hearst (Charles Dance) shares an exchange with screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz (Gary Oldman) about the value of words. The newspaper tycoon rightly predicts that talking pictures are the future, and they’ll…

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#Fincher Does Hollywood – /Film

#Fincher Does Hollywood – /Film

“#Fincher Does Hollywood – /Film” “It isn’t enough to tell us what a man did. You’ve got to tell us who he was.” – Citizen Kane Herman J. Mankiewicz, genius Hollywood screenwriter, has been sent away to Arizona. Broken – his leg is in a thick cast following a car accident – and eager to get…

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#Mank Cinematography Meant to Resemble an Old, Long-Lost Film – /Film

#Mank Cinematography Meant to Resemble an Old, Long-Lost Film – /Film

“#Mank Cinematography Meant to Resemble an Old, Long-Lost Film – /Film” David Fincher‘s Mank is headed our way, marking Fincher’s return to feature filmmaking after 2014’s Gone Girl. The feature will see Fincher heading back to Hollywood in the 1930s, telling the story of Herman J. Mankiewicz, writer of Citizen Kane. It’s Fincher’s first movie in black and white,…

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#Mindhunter Season 3 Not Happening? – /Film

#Mindhunter Season 3 Not Happening? – /Film

“#Mindhunter Season 3 Not Happening? – /Film” Mindhunter, one of the very best shows Netflix has ever produced, might indeed be over. We’ve heard rumblings of this ever since the second season ended. The cast members of the David Fincher-produced series were released from their contracts after season 2, and there’s been very little news…

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#Gary Oldman is an Unraveling Hollywood Writer – /Film

#Gary Oldman is an Unraveling Hollywood Writer – /Film

“#Gary Oldman is an Unraveling Hollywood Writer – /Film” No one can play an unraveling genius like Gary Oldman, though the “genius” part may be in question in David Fincher‘s highly anticipated return to feature filmmaking, Mank. Fincher’s first film in six years is a portrait of 1930s Hollywood, with Oldman’s Citizen Kane screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz at the…

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#Mank Trailer Breakdown – /Film

#Mank Trailer Breakdown – /Film

“#Mank Trailer Breakdown – /Film” Happy Mank day, everyone! The trailer for David Fincher‘s long-awaited return to feature films dropped today, and it’s stylish and cheeky in all the right ways. There’s even an old-timey Netflix logo to seal the deal. To be fair, though, this is really a teaser, so there’s not a whole lot…

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