Netflix has released the main trailer for David Fincher’sMank. Fincher has not been behind the camera for a feature-length film since 2014’sGone Girl. Additionally, music fans can check out a tease of the score by Nine Inch Nails members Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, thanks to a not-so-secret website set up by the streaming platform. Parts of the jazzy score can be heard while looking at behind-the-scenes shots from the making of the movie. This is a pretty big leap from the digital sounding scores of Reznor and Ross' past.
Mankis already receiving Academy Awards hype, along with Aaron Sorkin’sThe Trial of the Chicago 7and Ron Howard’sHillbilly Elegy, all of which hail from Netflix. The plot ofMankcenters around screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz and his battles with directorOrson Wellesover screenplay credit forCitizen Kane. The movie stars Gary Oldman in the title role, along with Amanda Seyfried, Lily Collins, Arliss Howard, Tom Pelphrey, Sam Troughton, Ferdinand Kingsley, Tuppence Middleton, Tom Burke, and Charles Dance.
InMank, 1930s Hollywood is re-evaluated through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the screenplay ofCitizen Kanefor Orson Welles. The trailer shows Mankiewicz hanging around William Randolph Hearst (Charles Dance) at Hearst Castle in San Simeon, California, along with Hearst’s mistress Marion Davies (Amanda Seyfried). At the time, Mank was putting many thinly-veiled personal details about Hearst intoCitizen Kane. David Fincher adds to the authenticity of the era by shooting in black and white, which appears to be in the style ofCitizen Kane.
David Fincheroriginally wanted to makeMankback in the late 1990s, after he madeThe Game, but he was not able to do so. Fincher’s father, Jack Fincher wrote the script for the movie, and it has been a passion project for the director. It was in the works for many years before he was able to get it going. Production began last year and mostly took place in Los Angeles and Victorville, with production wrapping in February of this year.
Mankwill be released in select theaters beginning in November, before heading toNetflixon December 4th. Aaron Sorkin, who wrote David Fincher’sThe Social Networkhas already seenMankand says it’s “so freaking good.” He says, “[It was] written by [Fincher’s] dad, who is a brilliant screenwriter. But David has directed this movie just magnificently.” Sorkin continues, “It’s breath-taking even by David Fincher standards. Gary Oldman gives an amazing performance, so does Lily Collins, and so does Amanda Seyfried as Marion Davies.” There was already a lot of hype surroundingMank, but Sorkin’s words, along with the first full-length trailer should get even more people talking. you’re able to check out the trailer forMankabove, thanks to theofficial Netflix YouTubechannel. As for the score preview from Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, head over tothewhitewinecameupwiththefish.com.
