A new report at Bloomberg indicates that filmmaker David Fincher has opted not to renew his deal at Netflix.
As a result, his current deal with the streamer expires next year and marks a big turning point in his long relationship with the company. It also means every major studio in town is likely to scramble to handle the next film he intends to direct.
Fincher has been with the streamer ever since he directed and executive produced the earliest episodes of “House of Cards” with them back in 2013. As a result, “Gone Girl” in 2014 was the last film he did that got a wide theatrical release.
While at Netflix, he’s made three films, including 2020’s “Mank,” 2023’s “The Killer,” and the upcoming “The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth”. He continued executive producing “House of Cards” and created and directed a good portion of the acclaimed series “Mindhunter” along with the animated anthology “Love, Death & Robots”.
Fincher was also developing other projects for the streamer that haven’t come to fruition, including a remake of UK series “Utopia,” a U.S. version of “Squid Game,” a Robert Towne-penned “Chinatown” prequel series, and the western “Bitterroot”.
Fincher’s now likely last work with the streamer, the $200 million-budgeted “The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth,” opens in IMAX on November 25th.
