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In Godfather of Harlem, Forest Whitaker has tapped into one of the most complex roles and narratives of his storied career, which has already netted him an Oscar, a BAFTA Award, two SAG statuettes, the Cannes Film Festival's award for Best Actor and countless other accolades. The character he plays in the Epix series…

David Fincher hasn't been tapped yet to direct a Marvel project, but it seems he is all over Disney+'s Loki. "Se7en is a very heavy influence," director and executive producer Kate Herron said of the six-part Tom Hiddleston-led series that debuts on June 9. Added head writer Michael Waldon of the stylized show, "I…

When makeup and hair designers Gigi Williams and Kimberly Spiteri were approached for Mank, they jumped at the chance to craft looks for an Old Hollywood drama, set in an era they both loved. "Hollywood in the '30s and '40s was something that we'll never get to see again. That whole studio system, it'll never be like…

Following his critically acclaimed work directing Mank, David Fincher looks to have found his next project returning to a genre he knows well. Sources tell Deadline Fincher is currently developing an adaptation of the Alexis Nolent's The Killer graphic novel series, re-teaming with Seven screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walke…

EXCLUSIVE: David Fincher’s Mank has been near the top of the heap this awards season, scoring the most nominations at the Golden Globes and Critics Choice Awards and a place on the AFI Top 10 movies of 2020 for the take on the relationship of screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz and Orson Welles during the writing of the…

Mank‘s Amanda Seyfried had three words to describe receiving her first Golden Globe Nomination on Wednesday: “so f*cking awesome.” The Mamma Mia! and Les Miserables actress will compete alongside fellow nominees Glenn Close, Olivia Colman, Jodie Foster and Helena Zengel for the Best Supporting Actress in a Drama…

In 2018, Gary Oldman nabbed his first Golden Globe award for his performance and transformation as Winston Churchill in Joe Wright’s Darkest Hour. Three years later and Oldman’s in the Golden Globes’ best actor in a drama race for his unveiled performance as Citizen Kane co-scribe Herman J. Mankiewicz in David Fincher…

On David Fincher's Mank, cinematographer Erik Messerschmidt channeled the aesthetics of Hollywood’s Golden Age,  in order to tell the story of one of its legendary figures. Written by Fincher's late father, Jack, the drama follows brilliant, alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz (Gary Oldman), as he pens the…

David Fincher turns Netflix homes into 1940s movie houses with his latest opus, Mank, which explores the life and frustrations of Citizen Kane's screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz, as he works his way through the draft of what will become Orson Welles' seminal directorial debut. With its title role imbued with Mankiewic…

Coming off a Best Actor Oscar win for Darkest Hour, Gary Oldman had a lot of choices. But following up that remarkable portrait of Winston Churchill during the war years with another real-life figure  an alcoholic screenwriter from Hollywood’s golden era, could not be more of a polar opposite. The result however is…

David Fincher has criticized Todd Phillips’ Oscar-winning superhero spin-off flic Joker for its portrayal of mental illness. In an interview with The Daily Telegraph, the Mank and Fight Club filmmaker said the movie was "a betrayal of the mentally ill" and also took a wider swipe at the Hollywood studios for only…

For decades a majority of film historians and critics have placed Orson Welles’ seminal 1941 classic Citizen Kane at, or near, the top of just about every list of the greatest films ever made. I recently re-watched it in preparation for seeing David Fincher’s remarkable new film Mank . Mank tells the tale of…