David Fincher

Surprise: Benjamin Button Is Actually Sexy

You may have seen a million pics of Brad Pitt covered in weird old-guy prosthetics, but it turns out he and Cate Blanchett really do bring the sexiness in The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button. Say what you like about David Fincher, he knows how to make a nice lookin’ movie, with Pitt and Blanchett…

io9 Meredith Woerner Dec 8

Benjamin Button’s Backwards Love Story (And Score) Will Melt Your Heart

David Fincher’s new backwards-aging movie is at heart a love story, and the new international trailer for The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button reveals the perils of falling in love with someone who ages in reverse. Good deal for you — but bad for them when you get old and wrinkled and they still look…

io9 Meredith Woerner Nov 24

New Benjamin Button TV Spot Has Baby Brad Struggling With Wrinkles And Women

The latest TV spot for the world’s hottest backwards aging baby is out along with a glowing review from Variety. The back-and-forth around David Fincher’s flick is driving me a bit mad, we’ve heard reports of that BB is confusing and long winded, now we’re hearing that the flick deserves a basket full of Oscars.…

Movies Meredith Woerner Nov 13

The Crazy Face Transplant That Made Benjamin Button Possible

Ever take a closer look at all the tiny old man baby stills from David Fincher’s new backwards aging tale The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button? Did you find yourself remarking at how the little old man resembled the younger (looking) bigger and taller version that Brad Pitt plays? That’s because new special effects technology…

io9 Meredith Woerner Nov 4

Neil Gaiman Walks Out On David Fincher’s Black Hole

Bad news for all you mutated kids infected with “teen plague” from Charles Burns’ Black Hole comic: the Beowulf team of Neil Gaiman and Roger Avary won’t be penning the story for your big screen adaption. Unfortunately there appeared to be a conflict of work styles between the writers and the infamous director David Fincher.…

io9 Meredith Woerner Oct 22

Fincher Pulls the Plug on Rendezvous With Rama

Director David Fincher’s post-Benjamin Button project has been somewhat of a mystery—a 3D/CG Heavy Metal? Brian Michael Bendis’ Torso? Matz’s The Killer? Oh god, not the Fight Club musical?!? But now it looks like we can cross at least one limbo-ing project off his to-do list: Rendezvous With Rama, based on the cerebral, 1972 novel…

io9 Nisha Gopalan Oct 13

Did David Fincher Just Make a Chick Flick?

David Fincher recently released a longer trailer for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, a bewitching, sepia-kissed romance-drama starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett. Camille Saint-Saën’s wistful, whimsical “The Aquarium” scores the longer clip; it’s a track that would fit effortlessly into the Tim Burton oeuvre, and surprisingly feels at place here too. Yes, this…

io9 Nisha Gopalan Sep 30

Benjamin Button Trailer Online

For the romantics and Brad Pitt fans amongst you, the full trailer for David Fincher’s dazzling-looking The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is now online at Apple’s website. Go and catch a glimpse of the special holiday movie that’ll teach you that the true value of love, life and digital effects can be weighed in…

io9 Graeme McMillan Sep 27

Fincher’s Wrath Over Heavy Metal Remake Could Sink Benjamin Button

In a surprising turn of events, many online movie critics are calling The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button so-so. David “Fight Club” Fincher’s film follows a man’s life as he ages backwards through time, and was hailed as the new Oscar darling even before an English trailer debuted. Now the film, starring Brad Pitt and…

Movies Meredith Woerner Sep 4

Why Does Aging Backward Take So Long?

David “Fight Club” Fincher has a new flick coming out called The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and it’s a love story featuring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchette. But of course you knew it couldn’t be all pink hearts coming from the guy who likes to make everyone bleed: In this tale, based on an…

io9 Annalee Newitz Aug 12

Metal Too Heavy For Paramount?

A remake of Heavy Metal, the raunchy animated movie about sexy robots and mostly nekkid amazons, has run into trouble. Paramount was developing the animated film, consisting of segments directed by David Fincher (Fight Club) and Kevin Eastman (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), with erotic and violent storylines by Steve Niles (30 Days Of Night) and…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jul 11

David Fincher Catches Mutant STD From Charles Burns

Director David Fincher is going to direct Charles Burns’ graphic novel Black Hole, based on a screenplay by Neil Gaiman and Roger Avary, which is a creepy quartet in itself. If you haven’t picked it up by now, Burns’ black-ink heavy story deals with a group of teenagers who catch a bizarre STD called The…

io9 Kevin Kelly Feb 21

Surprise: Benjamin Button Is Actually Sexy

Benjamin Button’s Backwards Love Story (And Score) Will Melt Your Heart

New Benjamin Button TV Spot Has Baby Brad Struggling With Wrinkles And Women

The Crazy Face Transplant That Made Benjamin Button Possible

Neil Gaiman Walks Out On David Fincher’s Black Hole

Fincher Pulls the Plug on Rendezvous With Rama

Did David Fincher Just Make a Chick Flick?

Benjamin Button Trailer Online

Fincher’s Wrath Over Heavy Metal Remake Could Sink Benjamin Button

Why Does Aging Backward Take So Long?

Metal Too Heavy For Paramount?

David Fincher Catches Mutant STD From Charles Burns

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