Amanda Seyfried Is ‘Mank’s Oscar Surprise

Netflix‘s Mindhunter, has detailed how he would like to end the show if it gets reinstated for a third season.Last year, it was reported that the psychological crime thriller’s third season would have to wait for Fincher to finish work on his latest movie, Mank, which sees Gary Oldman star as Citizen Kane writer Herman J.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor“Mank” cinematographer Erik Messerschmidt and director David Fincher have a shorthand way of communicating: They worked together on Netflix’s “Mindhunter,” and Messerschmidt served as gaffer on 2014’s “Gone Girl.” Messerschmidt makes his feature film debut as director of photography on “Mank,” the story of screenwriter Herman J.

30th-anniversary special, which premieres Thursday on HBO Max.“The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Reunion Special,” organized by series star Will Smith, features an hour of unscripted remembrances from Smith, Reid, Tatyana Ali (Ashley), Karyn Parsons (Hilary), Joseph Marcell (Geoffrey), Alfonso Ribeiro (Carlton) and DJ Jazzy Jeff (Jazz).On the special, they congregate on a set identical to the setup on “Fresh Prince” — which ran for 148 episodes on NBC from 1990 to 1996 and revolved around a

With “Mank” in select theaters (only a handful, to be honest) and arriving on Netflix in a matter of weeks, David Fincher is doing his press tour and shedding some light on what many believe is his most ambitious, unique feature to date.

Mank” is the gripping story of the brilliant but troubled artist behind “Citizen Kane,” often considered to be the greatest movie ever made.No, it’s not about director Orson Welles. Instead, it pushes Herman J.

Will Tizard ContributorDavid Fincher’s keenly anticipated Netflix original “Mank” is a valentine to old Hollywood glamor in the shape of a character study of the larger-than-life screenwriter of Orson Welles’ “Citizen Kane,” Herman J.

The Graham Norton Show has scheduled some very exciting guests during the lead-up to Christmas and, following the announcement that stars including Stephen Fry and Amanda Seyfried will be paying a visit in early December, we now have more names to add to the December guestlist.The edition of host Graham Norton's chat show will welcome Strictly Come Dancing presenter Claudia Winkleman for a chat about her new book Quite: Love, Life and Eyeliner.

(Spoiler alert: Do not read on if you haven’t seen David Fincher’s “Mank.”)In David Fincher’s “Mank,” Lily Collins’ character Rita Alexander hears that her boss, “Citizen Kane” screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz, helped 100 people flee out of Nazi Germany.

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“Once Upon a Time In Hollywood” and “La La Land” were egregiously overrated, ego-driven projects that didn’t honor Los Angeles so much as their own directors. Ryan Murphy’s “Hollywood” on Netflix was a tacky mess.

David Fincher is infamous for being a very meticulous, detail-oriented filmmaker. Over the years, actors and crew members have spoken out about how difficult it is to work with the director because of his propensity for forcing people to do dozens of takes for a scene.

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Few filmmakers have the hardcore fanbase that David Fincher does. With Mank reviews hitting today, what better time is there to look back on the movies of Fincher’s career? Below you’ll see my ranking of his works, though for those only concerned about Mank, it’ll be understandable if you just skip there.

Also Read: 'Mank' Film Review: David Fincher Sumptuously Spins the 'Citizen Kane' Origin StorySet in 1930s Hollywood, “Mank” grapples with the cinematic controversy over whom was most responsible for “Citizen Kane” — director and star Orson Welles or his satirist writing partner Herman J. Mankiewicz.

Citizen Kane (perhaps you've heard of it?) is a lodestar for technical and creative innovation in mainstream cinema, and the guy did it at the age of 25. Not too shabby.Welles's thinly veiled and highly unauthorized biography of William Randolph Hearst, a media titan the likes of which there is no parallel for today, was immediately controversial.

In one history of the movies, “Citizen Kane” screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz might look like a footnote. The former playwright had a hand in many famous pictures, including “The Wizard of Oz,” but most went uncredited.

Watch Video: Gary Oldman Charms His Way Through 1930s Hollywood in David Fincher's 'Mank' TrailerBut starry-eyed fans of American cinema’s golden age who shunned “Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood” because they didn’t want to know about the sex lives of their favorite leading men and ladies, and who avoided “Trumbo” because they didn’t want to be reminded that the studios aided and abetted the Blacklist, will have to deal with the Finchers’ evocation of the deeply reactionary politics

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticWhen you watch a biographical movie about an artist, the drama of creativity — the writing of “In Cold Blood,” the invention of funk — tends to be front and center. But in “Mank,” David Fincher’s raptly intricate and enticing movie about Herman J.

David Fincher’s portrait of the “Citizen Kane” screenwriter is pretty but baffling, an origin story with little to offer under its shiny surface.