Amanda SeyfriedandLily Collinshave been cast inMank, David Fincher’sNetflixbiopic aboutCitizen Kanescreenwriter Herman Mankiewicz, according toThe Hollywood Reporter.
According toTHR,Seyfried, 33, will play screen star Marion Davis, while Collins, 30, will play Rita Alexander, Mankiewicz’s secretary.
Production will reportedly commence in November in Los Angeles.
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Sources previously toldVarietythat while plot details remain vague, Mankiewicz’s development of the Oscar-winningCitizen Kanewill likely be the main focus. Released in 1941, the film remains one of the most popular of all time, despite wining only one Academy Award — which went to Mankiewicz himself.
During the screenwriting ofCitizen Kane, Mankiewicz famously feuded with director Orson Wells. Wells once described him as “a neurotic drinker and a compulsive gambler, [but] also one of the most intelligent, informed, witty, humane and charming men I have ever known,” as John Houseman — who was Wells’ work partner — noted in his 1972 memoirRun-Through.
Mankis Fincher’sfirst moviefor Netflix, as well as his first feature film overall since 2014’sGone Girl, which starredBen Affleck,Rosamund Pike,Neil Patrick Harris, andTyler Perry. Fincher earned a Golden Globe nomination for best director for the thriller.
The Oscar-nominated director is best known for his work on films likeZodiac,The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, andThe Social Network.
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Fincher has previously worked with Netflix, including on the streaming hitHouse of Cards, which earned him four Emmy Award nominations and one victory. He also served as an executive producer for the show, which concluded late last year.
Fincher joins the ever-growing list of directors who are partnering with the streaming service juggernaut for films, includingMartin Scorsese‘sThe Irishman,and Guillermo del Toro’s Netflix version ofPinocchio, out in 2021.
Mankdoes not yet have a release date.
source: people.com
