“Mindhunter” star Holt McCallany recently revealed to CBR that he has spoken with David Fincher about the potential return of the acclaimed Netflix serial killer drama, which ran for two seasons in 2017 and 2020. The show centered on FBI agents in the late 1970s as they launch a task force to interview serial killers as a way of understanding their pathology. If “Mindhunter” does return, however, it won’t be as a series.
“I had a meeting with David Fincher in his office a few months ago, and he said to me that there is a chance that it may come back as three two-hour movies, but I think it’s just a chance,” McCallany revealed. “I know there are writers that are working, but you know, David has to be happy with scripts.”
“Mindhunter” was more or less canceled in January 2020 after Netflix released cast members from their Season 3 contracts. Fincher later told Variety it wouldn’t make sense to bring the show back, explaining: “It was an expensive show. It had a very passionate audience, but we never got the numbers that justified the cost.”
McCallany, who is back on Netflix this month in the new series “The Waterfront,” is now giving “Mindhunter” fans some hope.
“I felt very fortunate and privileged to have gotten to do that show at all,” he told CBR. “I would love it if it were to return. I think, like I said, you know, he gave me a little bit of hope when I had that meeting with him, but the sun, the moon, and the stars would all have to align. The good news is that we’re at Netflix with ‘The Waterfront,’ and those movies would also be for Netflix. So I think that in terms of dates and logistics, it could all be worked out, but it has to do, you know, with David really having the time and the inclination and being happy, you know, with the material. And, you know, that’s a big question mark.”
Getting “Mindhunter” Season 2 made proved burdensome for Fincher, who fired the initial showrunner and tossed out eight scripts and the “show bible,” which outlined all the details of “Mindhunter’s” on-screen universe. He ended up moving to Pittsburgh to oversee production on the season, which pivoted its focus to the Atlanta Child Murders.
“It was exhausting,” co-producer Peter Mavromates previously told Variety. “Even when [David] wasn’t directing an episode, he was overseeing it.”
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Fincher added, “I certainly needed some time away [after]. We had all hands on deck to finish [season two] and we didn’t have a ton of scripts and a ton of outlines and a bible standing by for season three. I’ll admit I was a little bit like ‘I don’t know that I’m ready to spend another two years in the crawl space.’”
McCallany and Fincher are currently set to reunite for the “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” sequel movie centered on Brad Pitt’s Cliff Booth, which Netflix is also backing. Fincher is directing the movie from a script by Quentin Tarantino, who directed Pitt to an Oscar win in the original movie.
From Variety US