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At long last, the wait is over. Netflix has released the first Mank teaser trailer for director David Fincher's highly anticipated upcoming film — his first feature since 2014's Gone Girl —and pardon my French but it looks fan-fucking-tastic. Mank, delivered in splendid black-and-white by DP Erik Messerschmidt (who also shot Mindhunter), stars Gary Oldman as Herman J. Mankiewicz, the eccentric, alcoholic, and tempestuous screenwriter behind cinema classic Citizen Kane, directed by eccentric, tempestuous wunderkind Orson Welles (played here by Tom Burke). Other notable performers include Amanda Seyfried as Marion Davies, widely considered to be …
Netflix has unveiled a first look at the highly anticipated new film from director David Fincher, Mank. Written by Fincher’s father Jack Fincher, Mank re-evaluates 1930s Hollywood through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the screenplay of Citizen Kane for Orson Welles. Gary Oldman fills the role of the titular screenwriter, while the impressive ensemble cast also includes Amanda Seyfried as Marion Davies, Arliss Howard as Louis B. Mayer, and Tom Burke as Welles. Citizen Kane went on to win the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay, credited …
The Battle Over Citizen Kane charts media mogul William Randolph Hearst's attempts to destroy Citizen Kane, which was based on Hearst's life.
If you love movies, surely you've been wondering when David Fincher would get around to making one again, seeing as his last feature was Gone Girl in 2014. Well, the wait is finally over, as Fincher is set to direct the black-and-white Netflix movie Mank, which will star Oscar winner Gary Oldman as Citizen Kane co-writer Herman J. Mankiewicz. The story will reportedly follow Mankiewicz’s tumultuous development of the script for Citizen Kane alongside temperamental director Orson Welles. Today, Citizen Kane is considered one of the greatest films ever made, but back then, it only …