Michael Fassbender in talks for role in The Killer
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Michael Fassbender is in talks to star in The Killer .
The 43-year-old actor is in negotiations to feature in David Fincher s assassin drama on Netflix, although Michael s representatives and the streamer are yet to confirm the deal. The Killer tells the story of a cold-blooded assassin who starts to develop a conscience, causing him to begin emotionally cracking. It is based on a graphic novel by Alexis Nolent.
Andrew Kevin Walker, who has worked with Fincher on Seven , Fight Club and The Game , is writing the script with Cean Chaffin serving as a producer.
David Fincher reuniting with Se7en scribe for The Killer, Michael Fassbender tapped to star
Zodiac will be hovering somewhere near the summit, closely followed by
Se7en. So the news that the
Mank director is reuniting with his screenwriter on the latter, Andrew Kevin Walker, for a Netflix thriller called
The Killer, is very exciting indeed.
The Killer will be an adaptation of a French graphic-novel series by Alexis Nolents and Luc Jacamon, which follows the life of an unnamed assassin who suffers a psychological crisis as he attempts to remove himself from the political ramifications his killings have caused.
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David Fincher is set to team up with Michael Fassbender for
The Killer, an assassin drama that has proved to be something of a passion project for the Se7en director.
Fincher has been linked to the assassin drama, an adaptation of the French graphic novel, since talks first emerged at Paramount in 2007.
The Hollywood Reporternow reports that Netflix will pick up the long-gestating project – which will see Fincher reuniting with
Se7en scribe Andrew Kevin Walker.
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The film, which is set to start shooting in September, will see Fassbender star as a ruthless assassin who begins to develop a conscience and question his role – even when his clients continue to demand his bloodthirsty work.