David Fincher And Charlize Theron At Work On New HBO Show
Any time I learn about a newDavid Fincherproject I take the news with a certain degree of skepticism. Fincher is a filmmaker who gets involved with projects left and right, but many never go beyond the development stage. It’s the way the town works in general, but Fincher likes to develop a lot more stuff at once than the average producer/director.
So take the word that he andCharlize Theronare developingMind Hunter, an HBO series based on theJohn DouglasandMark OlshakerbookMind Hunter: Inside the FBI’s Elite Serial Crime Unit, with a basic ‘wait and see’ attitude.
Varietyreports thatMind Hunteris at the script stage at Fox 21, which is producing for HBO. The pilot is being written byDexterexec producerScott Buck. The book is based on the experience John Douglas gained with the FBI, where he developed profiling techniques to catch rapists and serial killers. Theron, Fincher, Buck and Jennifer Orme Erwin, who brought the book to Theron in the first place, are exec producing. No word on whether Fincher might direct any installment. Obviously that’s the intriguing possibility, but I wouldn’t get your hopes up.
Remember that Fincher is alsoworking as produceron an adaptation of the UK mini-seriesHouse of Cards. That one is a partnership with hisThe Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonscreenwriterEric Roth.
This, by the way, has nothing to do with the 2004Renny HarlinmovieMindhunters. Despite the title, that was based on a Wayne Kramer spec script calledUnsub. Kramer was reportedly less than pleased with the name change to Mindhunters, because of the existing book. Too bad about the lack of relation, as I was hoping to see a cameo appearance fromfrozen Christian Slater.
