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[beelzebozo]

via chud, it's called PAWN SACRIFICE

David Fincher sure seems to have fallen for biopics. Variety is reporting that the man is set to direct Pawn Sacrifice, a drama about the life story of chess icon Bobby Fischer. The screenplay by Steven Knight (Dirty Pretty Things) has attracted a lot of big name directors, and Columbia wanted to work with Fincher again after his next film The Social Network (yes, the Facebook flick) so it was a perfect fit.

The film will focus on Fischer's early life and will climax with his famous cold war match against Boris Spassky. That was pretty early in the man's life though, so perhaps this means they will leave off the last few years of his life when he went insane and became a self-hating Jew.

fincher = yay

and i actually think bobby fischer is damn interesting. i'm on board!

. . . 'less they some smart mothafuckin' pawns

 

[JoeBoy101]

via chud



fincher = yay

and i actually think bobby fischer is damn interesting. i'm on board!

NotSureIfWant.gif

Buuuut, David Fincher is awesome and that is a cool name for the movie, so let's say hopeful.

 

[StoOgE]

Ah, so they are going to end the movie before he went crazy.

 

[Chipopo]

WILL WATCH.

Also I loooovvveee Searching for Bobby Fischer.

 

[beelzebozo]

NotSureIfWant.gif

Buuuut, David Fincher is awesome and that is a cool name for the movie, so let's say hopeful.

good call, added the title to the o.p. i am a dope.

 

[KingGondo]

Before Zodiac: Can Fincher pull off a character-oriented film?

After Zodiac: Fuck yes.

This has the potential to be awesome.

 

[chase]

Awesome!

 

[brianjones]

cant think of anything more boring.

his other upcoming movie sounds lame too

 

[Dan]

cant think of anything more boring.

his other upcoming movie sounds lame too

Yup. Complete yawnfests. And then he's apparently likely to do an English adaptation of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, which sounds to me like a fairly pedestrian thriller.

Fincher should put his skills to real use and finally adapt the Black Hole comics by Charles Burns. Now that would be interesting.

 

[Snowman Prophet of Doom]

Biopics are often lame, but I love Zodiac so much that Fincher's next few films get an automatic watch from me (even if Benjamin Button is disappointing).

 

[Talon]

. . . 'less they some smart mothafuckin' pawns

What the hell are those bald-headed bitches?