Six years after directing Gone Girl, David Fincher has returned to feature films with Netflix‘s biographical drama Mank. Audiences can expect the partnership between Fincher and Netflix to continue as the filmmaker has confirmed he signed an exclusive four-year deal with the streamer.
Fincher and Netflix have already established a working relationship over the years, with the filmmaker serving as a co-executive producer and occasional director on one of the service’s initial hits, House of Cards. Since the political drama debuted, Fincher has also brought the animated anthology series Love, Death, and Robots to Netflix.
Fincher confirmed his four-year deal with Netflix during an interview with French magazine Premiere. “Yes, I have an exclusivity deal with [Netflix] for another four years,” Fincher said. “And depending on Mank’s reception, I’ll either go see them sheepishly asking them what I can do to redeem myself or take the attitude of the arrogant asshole who’ll require making other films in black and white. [Laughs] No, I’m here to deliver them ‘content’ — whatever it means— likely to bring them spectators, in my small sphere of influence.” Fincher also reiterated how the grueling production schedule of Mindhunter and the desire to focus on a smaller project is what led him to bring the script for Mank to Netflix.
Fincher also explained that he feels Netflix is the perfect home for his future works because he will be granted creative freedom that may not be afforded elsewhere. “Now [because] I signed this Netflix deal it’s also because I’d like to work like Picasso painted, to try very different things, to try to break the shape or change the operating mode,” he explained before acknowledging his relatively small filmography. “I like the idea of having a body of work. And yes, I admit that it feels strange, after forty years in this profession, to only have ten films under my belt. Well, eleven, but ten that I can say are mine. Yes, objectively, it is a pretty terrifying observation.”
Mank depicts the life of writer Herman J. Mankiewicz during the time he penned the Academy Award-winning screenplay for Citizen Kane and feuded with director Orson Welles over credit for the script. Fincher’s father, the late Jack Fincher, will receive sole writing credit for the drama, having penned the screenplay in the 1990s.
Netflix is no stranger to enlisting notable Hollywood creatives for exclusive deals. American Horror Story creator Ryan Murphy, for example, signed a $300 million development deal with Netflix, the largest of its kind in television history.
Mank will receive a limited theatrical release on November 13, 2020, before debuting on Netflix on December 4, 2020.
Source: Premiere
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