Michael Fassbender

David Fincher is teaming with Michael Fassbender to make The Killer, Fincher’s long-developing assassin drama. The Hollywood Reporter reports the film has been picked up Netflix and will begin filming before the end of 2021. The Killer is an adaptation of the French graphic novel of the same name and has been associated with Fincher since 2007. The project is being written by Andrew Kevin Walker, who previously wrote Fincher’s breakout film, Seven, and also worked on Fight Club and The Game. In a role reminiscent of Bill Hader’s in Barry (without the acting classes), Fassbender will star as an assassin who begins to psychologically crack as he develops a conscience, even as his clients continue to demand his skills. First published in October 1998, the graphic novel is described as ha...