Published 12:51 IST, October 9th 2020
'Mank' teaser out; David Fincher's film gets theatrical and Netflix release date
'Mank' official teaser is out. It marks the return of acclaimed filmmaker David Fincher. The movie will release in limited theatres & Netflix.
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Mank is an upcoming biographical drama movie. It is directed by acclaimed filmmaker, David Fincher for Netflix. first look photos from project were released a few days ago, creating hype for movie. w, makers have dropped first teaser of Fincher’s forthcoming film.
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'Mank' teaser trailer and release date out
Netflix has released teaser of Mank, giving a glimpse of project. black and white film shows battle between screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz with director Orson Welles over screenplay credit for 1941 movie, Citizen Kane. As it is a teaser, scenes do t reveal much about film but show dark and grid tone used by David Fincher.
Along with teaser, makers also revealed that Mank will also have a atrical release. It will arrive in selected cinemas in vember, with an exact date yet to be anunced. movie will premiere on Netflix on December 4, 2020.
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Mank stars Acemy Award-winner Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour) in titular role as screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz. Tom Burke ( Musketeers) will be seen playing director Orson Welles, with Amanda Seyfried (Les Misérables) as Marion Davies, a Broway actor who was a mistress to newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst, essayed by Charles Dance (Game of Thrones). Randolph’s life is said to be basis of Welles’ debut feature project, Citizen Kane. Mank also features Lily Collins, Arliss Howard, Tom Pelphrey, Sam Troughton, Ferdinand Kingsley, Tuppence Middleton, Jamie McShane, Toby Leonard Moore, Monika Grossman, Jeff Harms and Leven Rambin.
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David Fincher’s Mank is based on a script which was initially written by his far, late Jack Fincher. It is said to be written in 1990s and David intended to film it after completing his 1997 movie Game. However, it never came to success and Jack passed away in 2003. project was officially anunced in July 2019. filming took place from vember 2019 to February 2020 in Los Angeles. Mank is produced by Ceán Chaffin, Eric Roth and Douglas Urbanski, with cinematography by Erik Messerschmidt.
movie marks David Fincher’s return as a feature film director. He last helmed much-acclaimed Gone Girl in 2014. It was, both, a critical as well as a commercial success. He has t directed a film since n, with some of his projects failing to reach development. Fincher moved to television as he directed a few episodes and produced Netflix series Mindhunter and Love, Death & Robots. fans of rewned director are awaiting release of Mank.
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12:51 IST, October 9th 2020