The Killer will be featured in the Venice 80 competition and will hit Netflix in the fall.
Michael Fassbender is set to return to the big screen after playing Magneto in X-Men – Dark Phoenix in 2019 and makes him the main character in the new long-awaited thriller directed by David Fincher “Killer”, which appears in a new image. Based on the graphic novel of the same name by Alexis Nolent and Luc Jacamon, it has been in the making for a very long time. The first volume of the French comic series dates from 1998, and David Fincher has been associated with the project since 2007. Murderer will be presented in competition at the Venice Film Festival which will take place on the Lido from 30 August to 9 September and then arrive on Netflix November 10. Along with Michael Fassbender are also part of the cast. Tilda Swinton, Charles Parnell, Arliss Howard and Sophie Charlotte.
Murderer. Archaia Entertainment
The Killer will be featured in the Venice 80 competition and will hit Netflix in the fall.
Lonely, cold, methodical, and free from doubt or regret, the killer waits in the shadows, watching his next target. However, the longer he waits, the more he begins to think that he is about to lose his mind, if not his sanity.. So says the official synopsis Murdererwhich will have its world premiere on Sunday, September 3 at the Lido. “He is a star ready to explode all over the world and he is looking for those parts that can enrich him as a person as well.” stated some time ago diversity producer and president of Netflix Films Scott Stuber talks about Michael Fassbender. “It is opportunistically clear what David has achieved with his talent in his career and how he has consistently pushed people to perform at their best. We are very happy to see the combination of these two elements.“.
Michael Fassbender was not the first choice for the role Murderer and at first, Brad Pitt was named as a possible protagonist. The script is signed by Andrew Kevin Walker, who returns to collaborate with Fincher after Se7evBye cinematography is supervised by Eric Messerschmidt, winner of the Academy Award for Munk.
A new take on Michael Fassbender in David Fincher’s The Assassin.
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