David Fincher spooked Venice with the world premiere of his latest movie “The Killer,” which stars Michael Fassbender as an assassin. The Netflix drama earned a respectable 5-minute sta…
as an assassin. The Netflix drama earned a respectable 5-minute standing ovation at its screening on the Lido on Sunday night. Fassbender and co-star Tilda Swinton couldn’t attend the premiere because of the SAG-AFTRA strike. Fincher walked the carpet alone, with a small group of Netflix executives, as he signed posters of some of his movies, from “Fight Club” to “Seven.”
But Fincher seemed not to have received the memo about Venice’s tradition of showering movies with a standing ovation after the gala premiere. As the audience clapped for him, he uncomfortably shifted on his feet and flailed his hands in the air and mouthed: “What is this?” A producer led him down the stairs from his balcony seat to meet fans, but Fincher thought he was leaving the theater.
Based on the graphic novel series of the same name by Alexis Nolent and Luc Jacamon, “The Killer” follows Fassbender as a cold-blooded gunman who begins to have a psychological crisis after developing a connection to one of his intended targets. The film, which was adapted by “Se7en” screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker, also stars Charles Parnell, Arliss Howard, Sophie Charlotte and Tilda Swinton.
“The Killer” marks Fincher’s latest collaboration with Netflix. He was a director and executive producer on “House of Cards,” one of the streamer’s first original series, before serving as similar capacity on the streamer’s serial killer drama “Mindhunter.” The new film is Fincher’s second for Netflix after “Mank,” his drama about Orson Welles that picked up 10 Oscar nominations, including best picture and best director.
“It’s vintage Fincher, just from the title alone it’s right in the lane that you want to see him in,” Ori Marmur, Netflix’s co-boss of original films,
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