It’s been far too long sinceDavid Fincher’s last film,Gone Girl. Thankfully, his next project arrives this October in the form of the Netflix seriesMindhunter, and we’ve learned the exact release date. Fittingly, on Friday, October 13th, all episodes of the first season ofMindhunterwill be available to stream on Netflix. Fincher directed the first two episodes of this series and executive produces the show, which takes place in 1979 and revolves around two FBI agents who interview serial killers in an effort to help them solve current murders.
This means that if you want to watch New Fincherandthe second season ofStranger Things, you’ll probably want to binge the former.Stranger Thingshits the streaming service just a couple weeks later, on October 31st, but it’s not like you weren’t already planning on consumingMindhunterin one weekend anyway.
This new Netflix series has been in development for a while with Fincher and executive producerCharlize Theron, and the finished form boasts a swell ensemble cast that includesJonathan Groff(Looking),Anna Torv(Fringe), andHolt McCallany(Alien 3). The series is based on the bookMind Hunter: Inside FBI’s Elite Serial Crime UnitbyMark OlshakerandJohn E. Douglasand offers a peek into the behavior scientist FBI agents who help track serial killers.
Fincher had been working on a pair of HBO projects as hisGone Girlfollow-up—a half-hour about the early days of the music video world calledVideo Syncrazyand an hourlong drama calledUtopia, for which he was going to direct every episode. Both of those projects were stalled by budget issues with HBO (the pay cabler was in the midst of theirVinyldisaster and hadn’t yet launchedWestworld). The filmmaker is currently eyeing the director’s chair onWorld War Z 2, reteaming withBrad Pitt, butMindhuntermarks his first major work sinceGone Girland I really can’t wait to see what he’s put together.
October 13th can’t get here soon enough.
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