20,000 Leagues Beneath the Sea: A remake of the 1954 Disney movie. Fincher was connected to direct the challenge in 2010 with Scott Z. Burns writing the script. Fincher left the challenge in 2013 attributable to casting disagreements with Disney. Fincher needed Channing Tatum within the lead function whereas Disney needed Chris Hemsworth.
The Automated Detective: An adaptation of the 2008 A. Lee Martinez novel. The Automated Detective is a parody of arduous boiled detective fiction the place a robotic PI foils a conspiracy to take-over a retrofuture model of his world. The challenge could be a collaboration with Blur Studios.
Black Gap: An adaptation of the comedian ebook collection by Charles Burns. The story offers with the aftermath of a sexually transmitted illness that causes grotesque mutations in youngsters.
Catch Me If You Can: An adaptation of the 1980 ebook by Frank Abagnale Jr. & Stan Redding. Fincher dropped out to make Panic Room. The film was launched in 2002; directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Hanks & Leonardo DiCaprio.
Chef: A film set on the earth of culinary arts and starring Keanu Reeves. The challenge was revived and as “Burnt” with Bradley Cooper.
Chemical Pink: An adaptation of the 2001 novel by Katie Arnoldi. Combat Membership’s Chuck Palahniuk was going to write down the script. Set on the earth of feminine bodybuilding, Chemical Pink is a narrative of obsession and the results of going too far to attain your objectives.
Cleopatra: A sword-and-sandal epic about Cleopatra. Angelina Jolie was set to star.
Woman with the Dragon Tattoo sequels: Sequels to 2011’s Woman with the Dragon Tattoo. Fincher deliberate to make the opposite two books within the collection (The Woman Who Performed with Hearth & The Woman Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest) again to again however a film based mostly on The Woman within the Spider’s Internet was launched as an alternative with Claire Foy.
Arduous Boiled: An adaptation of the comedian by Frank Miller. The story follows Carl Seltz, an insurance coverage investigator who discovers he’s additionally a homicidal cyborg tax collector who occurs to be the final hope of an enslaved robotic race. Nicolas Cage was slated to star as the primary character.
Jobs: A biopic about Steve Jobs with Aaron Sorkin writing the script. Fincher needed Christian Bale as Jobs, however each left the challenge. The film was launched in 2015 with Danny Boyle directing and Michael Fassbender starring as Jobs.
Lords of Dogtown: A biographical movie concerning skate boarders Tony Alva, Stacy Peralta, and Jay Adams. The film was launched in 2005 and was directed by Catherine Hardwicke.
Mission: Unattainable III: Tom Cruise sought out Fincher to direct the third Mission: Unattainable film. Fincher was trying to make the film “very violent.” The film was launched however directed by J.J. Abrams.
Rendezvous with Rama: An adaptation of the 1973 science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke. Set within the 2130s, the story entails a cylindrical alien starship that enters the Photo voltaic System. The story is instructed from the standpoint of a bunch of human explorers who intercept the ship in an try and unlock its mysteries. Morgan Freeman was connected to star. Denis Villeneuve is at the moment set to helm the film.
Seared: An adaptation of Anthony Bourdain’s 2000 memoir, Kitchen Confidential. Brad Pitt and Benicio del Toro have been excited by starring the challenge.
The Sky Is Falling: A film about two monks who have interaction in a killing spree after discovering God is nonexistent. The challenge did not get green-lit by a studio.
Spider-Man: Fincher was one of many administrators approached to direct the 2002 Spider-Man film. Fincher described in a 2011 interview ideas he needed to do within the movie, similar to a ten minute title sequence tackling Peter Parker’s backstory and that includes Inexperienced Goblin killing Gwen Stacy.
Squids: A coming-of-age story set on a nuclear submarine throughout the Chilly Battle. The script was written by David Ayer who later remarked “it sucked.”
Strangers on a Prepare remake: A remake of the 1951 Alfred Hitchcock movie. The challenge would have been a collaboration between Fincher, Ben Affleck, and Gillian Flynn (so mainly the workforce from Gone Woman)
They Fought Alone: A film about Col. Wendell Fertig, a soldier serving within the Philippines throughout World Battle II. Brad Pitt was desired to play the primary function. Fertig organized and commanded an American-Filipino guerrilla pressure on the Japanese-occupied, southern Philippine island of Mindanao.
Torso: An adaptation of the true crime comedian by Brian Michael Bendis & Marc Andreyko. It’s based mostly on the true story of the Cleveland Torso Assassin, and the efforts of the well-known lawman Eliot Ness and his band of the “Unknowns” to seize him. Fincher claimed the film could be trustworthy to the comedian and it is rumored that Matt Damon, Rachel McAdams, Casey Affleck and Gary Oldman have been going to star.
World Battle Z 2: A sequel to the 2013 Brad Pitt zombie film. One of many the explanation why the challenge was cancelled was attributable to China banning any movies that includes zombies or ghosts.
