David Farnor | On 21, Oct 2020

“Herman J. Mankiewicz! New York playwright and drama critic…” “Turned humble screenwriter.”

That’s the sound of the official trailer landing for David Fincher’s Mank. Based on a script by Fincher’s late father, Jack, it sees 1930s Hollywood re-evaluated 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 stars as Herman, and is joined by Tom Burke as Orson Welles, Amanda Seyfried as Marion Davies, Lily Collins as Rita Alexander, Tuppence Middleton as Sara Mankiewicz, Arliss Howard as Louis B Mayer, Sam Troughton as John Houseman, Tom Pelphrey as Joe Mankiwicz, Ferdinand Kingsley as Irving Thalberg, Joseph Cross as Charles Lederer, Jamie McShane as Shelly Metcalf, Toby Leonard Moore as David O Selznick and Charles Dance as William Randolph Hearst.

You can see them all in action this November, when the film is released in select cinemas, before hitting Netflix worldwide on 4th December. From its behind-the-scenes gossipy satire to its gorgeous black-and-white cinematography, watch the trailer here:

 

Trailer: David Fincher’s Mank gets November cinema release

8th October 2020

David Fincher’s Mank will be released in cinemas this November before it hits Netflix the following month.

Based on a script by Fincher’s late father, Jack, it sees 1930s Hollywood re-evaluated 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 stars as Herman, and is joined by Tom Burke as Orson Welles, Amanda Seyfried as Marion Davies, Lily Collins as Rita Alexander, Tuppence Middleton as Sara Mankiewicz, Arliss Howard as Louis B Mayer, Sam Troughton as John Houseman, Tom Pelphrey as Joe Mankiwicz, Ferdinand Kingsley as Irving Thalberg, Joseph Cross as Charles Lederer, Jamie McShane as Shelly Metcalf, Toby Leonard Moore as David O Selznick and Charles Dance as William Randolph Hearst.

After the first images landed last month, we’ve now got confirmation that the film will be released on Netflix on 4th December, but not before it’s released in select UK cinemas in November.

Here’s the teaser trailer announcing the release date – plus a bonus new image of Tom Burke as Orson.

 

 

First look: Netflix drops pics from David Fincher’s Mank

7th September 2019

Netflix has dropped pictures online from Mank, giving us a first look at David Fincher’s period drama.

Based on a script by Fincher’s late father, Jack, it sees 1930s Hollywood re-evaluated 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 stars as Herman and is joined by Amanda Seyfried, Lily Collins, Tuppence Middleton, Arliss Howard (The Time Traveler’s Wife), Charles Dance (Game Of Thrones), Ferdinand Kingsley (Dracula Untold), Jamie McShane (Gone Girl), Joseph Cross (Milk), Sam Troughton (Chernobyl), Toby Leonard Moore (Billions), Tom Burke (The Souvenir) and Tom Pelphrey (Iron Fist).

You can get a glimpse of some of them in action in the new pictures below, which set the scene nicely – accompanied by a post on Twitter with the following excerpt from the script:

𝙹𝙾𝙴 (𝚅.𝙾.)
𝚆𝚘𝚛𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚘’𝚜 𝙶𝚘𝚕𝚍𝚎𝚗 𝙱𝚘𝚢 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚘 𝚝𝚘𝚎-𝚝𝚘-𝚝𝚘𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎 𝙷𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜𝚝, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞’𝚛𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚔𝚒𝚝𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚗.

Watch this space for details on a release date and a trailer.

 

Lily Collins, Charles Dance join David Fincher’s Mank

19th October 2019

Lily Collins and Charles Dance are among the big names joining Mank, David Fincher’s new Netflix movie.

The project, announced earlier this year, will follow the development of Citizen Kane, with a focus on screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz.

Based on a script by Fincher’s late father, Jack, the movie will be in black-and-white, and will be produced by Fincher, Cean Chaffin and Douglas Urbanski.

Fincher, whose last feature film was Gone Girl, is no stranger to the streaming giant, having worked on House of Cards and also the TV series Mindhunter. He’s already secured a big name for the lead, with Gary Oldman – fresh from Steven Soderbergh’s Netflix film The Laundromat – set to play Herman.

Now, he’s rounding out the rest of the cast, with Amanda Seyfried, Lily Collins, Tuppence Middleton, Arliss Howard (The Time Traveler’s Wife), Charles Dance (Game Of Thrones), Ferdinand Kingsley (Dracula Untold), Jamie McShane (Gone Girl), Joseph Cross (Milk), Sam Troughton (Chernobyl), Toby Leonard Moore (Billions), Tom Burke (The Souvenir) and Tom Pelphrey (Iron Fist) all joining the project.

Production will begin next month.

 

David Fincher to direct Gary Oldman in Netflix Herman Mankiewicz biopic

12th July 2019

David Fincher and Gary Oldman are teaming up for a new Netflix movie, based on the life of Herman Mankiewicz.

Fincher, whose last feature film was Gone Girl, is no stranger to the streaming giant, having worked on House of Cards and also the TV series Mindhunter. Specific details aren’t yet known, but sources told Variety that the movie will follow the development of the script for Citizen Kane, which means that its director, Orson Welles, may also be portrayed on screen.

One role that has been confirmed is Herman, who will be played by Gary Oldman. The Oscar-winning actor, fresh from Darkest Hour’s awards success, is no stranger to Netflix either, having starred in Steven Soderbergh’s The Laundromat, also for the streaming giant.

The film is simply titled Mank, and based on a script by Fincher’s late father, Jack, who wrote it before passing away in 2003. The movie will be in black-and-white, and will be produced by Fincher, Cean Chaffin and Douglas Urbanski. Production is slated to begin in November.

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