Award-winning director David Fincher will film The Killer in Chicago area". Reel Chicago. January 21, 2022. Archived from the original on January 29, 2022 . Retrieved January 29, 2022. Lattanzio, Ryan (September 3, 2023). " 'The Killer' Review: David Fincher Executes a Sleek If Small Michael Fassbender Thriller Armed with Existential Futility". IndieWire. Archived from the original on September 3, 2023 . Retrieved September 3, 2023. Development on the graphic novel adaptation began in 2007 at Paramount Pictures and Plan B Entertainment, with Fincher signed on as director and Alessandro Camon as screenwriter. In 2021, Fincher later moved the project over to Netflix with Andrew Kevin Walker replacing Camon as writer. It's unfortunate then that XIII’s film adaptation is a low-budget feature by Uwe Boll that was critically panned, like most of his other video game adaptations. The Killer isn’t Matz’s first comic-to-screen adaptation David Fincher’s “The Killer” is one of next year’s most anticipated films for fans of the director — and the movie’s trifecta on offer: Fincher directs Michael Fassbender as a contract killer, with “Seven” screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker returning, and cinematography from Erik Messerschmidt, the Oscar-winning DP of Fincher’s “Mank.” News first broke in February that Fincher would follow “Mank” with this adaptation of Alexis Nolent’s graphic novel series of the same name, about a killer-for-hire who experiences a psychological crisis. Though production is still underway in Paris, Netflix film chief Scott Stuber recently teased the movie to Variety in a wide-ranging conversation about Netflix’s upcoming slate.

While his previous Netflix film was adapted from a script by his late father, Fincher now relies on a French comic book for The Killer. Diehard Fincher fans will also be delighted to know that The Killer marks the second collaboration between the crime genre auteur and his Se7en scribe Andrew Kevin Walker. Before the movie drops on Netflix on November 10, it’s worth knowing a thing or two about its gritty source material. The Killer is based on a French Comic from the 90s The Killer earned an R rating in the US and a 15 in the UK for "strong violence, language and brief sexuality." David Fincher movies Matz has written a story that's a little more shallow than I would have liked, in that it relies too heavily on self-concious narration that's neither as clever nor weighty as the book seems to think it is.

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Leave No Witnesses: Averted, the Killer would rather Threaten the Witness by taking their IDs than outright killing them.

Thomas, Michael (May 3, 2023). " The Killer: Release Date, Cast, Plot, and Everything We Know About David Fincher's Next Movie". Collider. Archived from the original on July 2, 2023 . Retrieved July 2, 2023. Lazy Alias: The Killer complains about this when his employers give him a passport with the name "Labataille" for a particular job. They thought they were being cute, but he points out that it's too obvious, although he still manages to slip through customs.

Heavily inspired by Cold War-era paranoia and espionage fiction like Robert Ludlum’s Jason Bourne novels, XIII is similar to The Killer in terms of its morally ambiguous protagonist. The title alludes to a secret agent and assassin with amnesia, who only remembers his numeric codename. Much like the unnamed protagonist of The Killer, Agent 13 has a traumatic past to carry on his shoulders. Bradshaw, Peter (September 3, 2023). "The Killer review – terrific David Fincher thriller about a philosophising hitman". The Guardian. Archived from the original on September 3, 2023 . Retrieved September 3, 2023. A French hit man has long been at the top of his game, but the psychic weight of his crimes is slowly catching up with him. After he botches a job and attracts a policeman determined to bring him down, he may be losing his mettle just when he needs his skills the most. The film is based on a series of graphic novels, written by Alexis Nolent, known as Matz, and illustrator Luc Jacamon. The series follows the story of an unknown assassin, a job that does not go to plan, and a deadly feud against the people who employed him.

Finally, there’s the undeniable Fincher-ness of “The Killer.” One could see it as a filmmaker playing his greatest hits with his best bandmates again, but there’s something deeper at play here. This isn’t just the work of an artist repeating himself; it’s the work of one reworking his themes and obsessions into something brave and new. It ultimately asks if people like The Killer can shut the world out to get the job done. And, by extension, if a master like David Fincher can too. a b "The Killer". British Board of Film Classification. Archived from the original on November 11, 2023 . Retrieved October 27, 2023. Felperin, Leslie (September 3, 2023). " The Killer Review: Michael Fassbender Is an Unsettled Assassin in David Fincher's Wry, Pleasingly Pulpy Thriller". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on November 2, 2023 . Retrieved October 30, 2023. A live-action film adaptation, The Killer, is due to release on Netflix in Fall 2023, directed by David Fincher and starring Michael Fassbender. a b "The Killer". La Biennale di Venezia. July 11, 2023. Archived from the original on July 25, 2023 . Retrieved August 12, 2023.

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David Fincher brings his new 2023 movie The Killer to Netflix, adapting a much-loved series of graphic novels by Alexis “Matz” Nolent. The film sees Fincher in his element, with a tale of murder, revenge, and mystery, and, working from a screenplay by Andrew Kevin Walker, the movie takes the comic book story and brings it to life in a stunning and brutal way.