David Fincher Remaking Hitchcock's STRANGERS ON A TRAIN With Ben Affleck And Gillian Flynn

Deadline reports that director David Fincher has chosen his next project which is a remake of Alfred Hitchcock's iconic thriller Strangers On A Train. Gone Girl's Gillian Flynn is in talks to write the remake's script.

Originally, the Hitchcock film was based on the novel by Patricia Highsmith but this new film will be updated to be more contemporary. Deadline seemingly has some details of the film which could see it likely retitled to Strangers On A Plane or the more simplistic Strangers.

A movie star–in the middle of a campaign for an Oscar during awards season–whose private plane breaks down and is given a ride to LA on another plane by a wealthy stranger.

Check out the original film's trailer below, I can already imagine Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross scoring this. I'm sure the pair of composers will again sign-on to create the score.




This news comes only a day after the Gone Girl author and screenwriter Gillian Flynn talked about a developing a sequel.

Ben Affleck is said to be taking of the lead of the actor character. The film is at Warner Bros. which has been extremely friendly to Affleck projects. He'll also act as one of the producers with his banner Pearl Street that he runs with Matt Damon.

Strangers is now adding to Affleck's busy film schedule. He'll apparently make the film in-between Live By Night and his extensive shoot for Zack Snyder's Justice League. Deadline also states League will start it's massive production in the spring of 2016.

This could leave room in 2017 for Affleck to make his solo Batman film.



SOURCE: DEADLINE

Sony Ever Making DRAGON TATTOO Sequel GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE? David Fincher Thinks So!

ThePlaylist has caught-wind of a foreign interview David Fincher did. According to Fincher (via Google translate), the Dragon Tattoo franchise might be back in-play. He says that the current script for The Girl Who Played With Fire is in good shape and is very different from the book. I'm sure a lot of complaints from Dragon Tattoo was that it was so similar to the original Swedish film. Although, in my opinion Fincher's film felt and looked like a stronger cinematic experience.

Fincher also mentions the fact Sony has invested a lot of money in the franchise's development and obtaining the rights. Since there are two more films to be expected, with Rooney Mara and Daniel Craig likely still obligated to be in them. They have a script from Se7en and 8mm writer Andrew Kevin Walker. Not making the film would be a waste of their time and resources.

We know that Fincher has problems with working with Sony, after a rough experience making the first installment. This led to David asking for a $10 million up-front fee to direct Sony's Steve Jobs bio-pic written by Social Network's Aaron Sorkin. However, we don't blame Sony looking elsewhere for new directors, but hopefully they can at least keep Fincher on as a consultant/producer.

Fincher's latest release Gone Girl sort of echos the stylistic somber tone of Dragon Tattoo, obviously the experience made an impact. He's also busy with two new shows for HBO and considering other film projects at the moment. I wouldn't be entirely shocked if Sony approached people like director Jonathan Glazer (Sexy Beast, Under The Skin) to move the franchise forward. However, I won't entirely shutdown the idea of Fincher returning, since he'd likely earn Sony more Oscar considerations. The first film earned five nominations, including Best Actress for Rooney Mara.


Daniel Craig has at least two more Bond installments, before he's expected to hang-up his martini glass. I imagine Sony would have to work around that as well, which wouldn't be hard since Sony now distributes the Bond films under a recent deal with MGM.

SOURCE: THEPLAYLIST

Trent Reznor And Atticus Ross Providing Score For David Fincher's GONE GIRL

Trent Reznor has confirmed via Twitter, that he and Atticus Ross will have scoring duties on David Fincher's Gone Girl. The pair have previously composed haunting modern scores for Fincher's The Social Network and The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.

Their first outing earned them Oscars for Best Original Score, which should help establish the tone of the crime thriller. It will be interesting to see if the duo will also provide tracks that could be used for trailers and promotional materials, as they had added a few cover songs to the Dragon Tattoo soundtrack.

SOURCE: TRENT REZNOR

Trent Reznor Scoring & Acting In Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

It looks like Oscar-winning composer/musician Trent Reznor isn't slowing down his composing duties. He recently re-teamed with David Fincher to score The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and now has another project looking for his eerie sound. BadassDigest reports that Reznor has been hired to score Timur Bekmambetov's (Wanted) Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. He'll also play the vampire that kills Abe's mother setting the story into motion.

Trent Reznor Scoring Fincher's The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

SlashFilm reports that Nine Inch Nails front man Trent Reznor will score David Fincher's The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. Reznor previously worked on Fincher's Social Network which was beyond powerful. He states he's worked on the film for six weeks and the music will be different from The Social Network. I expect since Lisabeth Slander is an industrial punk hacker it could be more influenced by electronic and punk pieces. The type of music Nine Inch Nails was known for in the 90's.

Trent Reznor To Score David Ficher's Social Network

In a very interesting last minute move David Fincher is adding even more coolness to his facebook film The Social Network by hiring Trent Reznor to score the film. Reznor is best known for his work with Nine Inch Nails but has become prolific for his ambant instrumentals which were featured on his recent album Ghosts.