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David Fincher Is Officially Attached to Everything Now

By Dustin Rowles | Posted Under Trade News | Comments (10)

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Plenty of news today if you’re a fan of David Fincher, and let’s be honest, if you’re not a fan of David Fincher, then you’re not a fan of film. Or at least good film. His The Social Network (aka The Facebook Movie) is due out in October, and now Variety is reporting that he’s attached to his next project, Pawn Sacrifice, the Bobby Fischer chess movie we told you about a few days ago, about the days leading up to Fischer’s world-championship match against Boris Spassky in 1972.

You know, that chess match ended the Cold War, right? It just took another 15 years before anyone realized it. That’s what I’ve heard anyway. Probably Wikipedia.

Tobey Maguire is producing and is expected to star as Fischer. No idea who they’ll get for Spassky, but here’s my suggestion: Craig Bierko. Craig Bierko is awesome. Also, he’s got a killer voice.

Meanwhile, according to Vulture, David Fincher is also circling the American remake of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo based on the Stieg Larsson serial killer novel. The Swedish version of the movie actually played here at SXSW a few days back; Dan Carlson gives it strong marks. The book I understand is quite popular with every-decreasing demographic of people who like reading. Perhaps even more interesting, the studio is eying Carey Mulligan for the lead in what could potentially be a huge franchise. There are two sequels to Dragon Tattoo. That’s four more hours of Carey Mulligan. That’s a fucking win, people.







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Comments

Ya got any movies where stuff gets blowed up?

Posted by: logan at March 15, 2010 11:06 AM

Unnecessary American remakes do not count as a win.

Posted by: WestCoastPat at March 15, 2010 11:24 AM

no! for " girl with dragon tatoo", they only need the original girl Nomi Rapace and Fincher as director is too predictable! i again prefer a Twitter movie!

Posted by: caro at March 15, 2010 11:26 AM

Movies based on books I loved are always bad news, and movies based on excellent foreign films are almost always bad news; and yet...Carey Mulligan. Damn you, Hollywood! Always confusing my brain with ideas that are simultaneously horrible and intriguing.

Posted by: Marra at March 15, 2010 12:10 PM

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Pawn Sacrifice and Your Mother

David Fincher, get OFF me! You're too big for a piggy-back ride!

Posted by: Your Mom at March 15, 2010 12:28 PM

"Unnecessary American remakes do not count as a win." -- i second that. That original movie is just out. It is reportedly good and doesn't look too shabby either. What's with the fear of something "foreign" anyway? I love to get me some new flavor, be it Korean, Japanese, French, Spanish or what have you. You know what lot's of other countries do? They simply dub using fine voice actors. And it works. Just ask germany whose majority of movies (i'd say 99%) are foreign films dubbed with voice actors.

Posted by: Arthur Dent at March 15, 2010 1:56 PM

I saw The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo today. It was good. I guess if there's going to be an American remake, I'd rather have Fincher doing it than some chump with no experience or skill or anything. Carey Mulligan is not Lisbeth Salander though.

Posted by: Steph at March 15, 2010 9:06 PM

I'm trying to read 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' at the moment, and I mean trying. I've heard so many great things about it, but I just can't seem to get through it. It's a new experience for me, as I love to read. I think maybe it's because it's in translation, missing the nuances of the original language. Or maybe reading too many trashy forensic fiction books has addled my brain.

Posted by: Cadence at March 16, 2010 5:16 AM

A completely unnecesary remake, even if Fincher will be directing it. And, as Steph pointed out, Carey Mulligan would be SO wrong for the Lisbeth Salander character. If they really have to do it, they could at least find a decent casting director...

Posted by: astounded at March 16, 2010 5:39 AM

Ya got any movies where stuff gets blowed up?

Posted by: logan at March 15, 2010 11:06 AM

In the Bobby Fischer movie, when Boris finds out he's going to loose, he flips the board up and all the pieces go flying, so he doesn't technically loose. It's kinda a 'splosion. Well, it's how my sister used to avoid loosing at Candyland.

Posted by: BWeaves at March 16, 2010 11:18 AM


















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