David Fincher sure seems to have fallen for biopics. Variety is reporting that the man is set to direct Pawn Sacrifice, a drama about the life story of chess icon Bobby Fischer. The screenplay by Steven Knight (Dirty Pretty Things) has attracted a lot of big name directors, and Columbia wanted to work with Fincher again after his next film The Social Network (yes, the Facebook flick) so it was a perfect fit.
The film will focus on Fischer’s early life and will climax with his famous cold war match against Boris Spassky. That was pretty early in the man’s life though, so perhaps this means they will leave off the last few years of his life when he went insane and became a self-hating Jew.
Anyway, while I’m certain most of David Fincher’s fans would rather see him leaning towards darker territory, never fear! He’s also attached to the adaptation of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, a Swedish crime novel that’s already been adapted into a trilogy and has been fiending for a Hollywood remake. There’s no deal in place for it yet, though.
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I for one am hoping Fincher can capture some of that old magic after the pisspoor dismal boring failure of Zodiac. I know Chud pimped that piece of shit hard but it was still a fucking chore to sit through!
Chudfan, you're dumb.
I concur, Chudfan is a twunt.
I want to see that Rendevous With Rama adaptation.
Poop > Chudfan
Zodiac is a masterpiece!
I'd even venture that Zodiac was one of the best movies of the past decade. Great film. I think there's plenty of dark material to be mined from Bobby Fischer's story. Looking forward to see Fincher's take on it.
…he broke his brain trying to watch a real movie. It might hurt less to watch that Transformers 2 DVD for the 50th time.
Hey dude, Zodiac is my favorite Fincher film. What you want is probably him going back to delinquency attracting stuff like Seven and Fight Club. Both movies which you probably love for very wrong reasons…
With all the antagonistic statements that chudfan has posted, THIS is the one that provokes the strongest reaction? I mean, Zodiac wasn't too bad I guess, but still…
Anyway, Bobby Fischer seems to be a pretty interesting story. Shame about leaving off the descent into madness, but I guess that approach worked out well enough for The Aviator. (I mean, presumably they'll at least hint at it).
I gotta agree with chudfan- Zodiac started strong, but was a real slog to finish. But it wasn't anywhere near as bad as Benjamin Button.
Fincher's another one of these guys like Nolan, Spielberg, etc. who feel like movies need to be endlessly long.
Also, wouldn't a Bobby Fischer movie without the second half of his life be a little tame?
Why is anyone who questions the historical accuracy of the Holocaust always referred to as bat shit crazy? Does it have anything to do with the fact that Jews control 95% of the world's media?
Thaimyshu: and it's really them holding you back from you know… greatness.
I don't suppose we could get a Goon update from Fincher, I suppose?
@Erik. 2 plus 2 equals 5?
@#12: No, it's the combined conspiracy of Jews and Pedophiles. @#14: It seems to in your fucked up little mind.
Zodiac was superb. Way to derail the talkback for this, troll. I guess Rendevous with Rama is completely dead? I thought with the success of Avatar it must have been getting SOME forward movement. A Facebook movie and a chess movie doesn't really spark much interest from me. Though it will be nice to see Ed Norton and Fincher re-team, who will undoubtedly be first choice for Fischer.
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