“I was asked to meet (with the studio’s representatives) and present how I would make Harry Potter,” revealed the creator of “The Social Network.” “I didn’t want to make it a Hollywood spectacle. I was thinking something like ‘Withnail and Me’, I wanted it to be disturbing.” Warner Bros. however, he preferred something more traditional.
Fincher talked to “Variety” about the premiere of the restored version of the thriller “Seven” from 1995, which turned out to be a breakthrough in his career. Since then, the director has been associated with many projects that never came to fruition. These include two sequels to “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” a sequel to “World War Z” and an adaptation of the comic book “Torso.”
The creator of “Azyl” also revealed what attracts him to subsequent projects. He paid attention to “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” and “Gone Girl”which were adaptations of popular books. “The rights to these publications are sold to studios when they already have their own audience. I join the food chain when I know something is tasty. Although I was interested in ‘Gone Girl’ even though it was a bestseller… I liked the idea of punishment someone for narcissism while looking for a partner,” he admitted.
“In ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’ (…) I loved this broken girl who has a chance to work with a guy she’s not too sure about. And I don’t even know if he’s nice to her. I think he treats her like a partner, and for her this is something completely new. (…) And I liked the idea of really, really showing winter in the investigation,” he continued. In turn, he called the script of “The Social Network” by Aaron Sorkin “a reading from which he simply could not tear himself away.”
According to various sources, Fincher is now working on an American remake of the South Korean hit “Squid Game” and a miniseries that is a prequel to “Chinatown”, which he developed together with the screenwriter of Roman Polanski’s masterpiece, Robert Towne, who died in July 2024.