nypost.com - 12/1/2008
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December 1, 2008 -- DIRECTOR David Fincher is not helping his movie "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" with his imperious ways. "We are working our asses off trying to get Oscar nominations, and he is so abusive that it's crushing," said an insider at Paramount. "Whatever we do, it's not ...
theplaylist.blogspot.com - 12/2/2008
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David Fincher has a reputation for being frank
and asshole-ish; one that doesn't suffer fools gladly. This...
assertion was propagated just recently when the director seemed rather aloof and stand-offish (or at least either really inarticulate or not ...
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David Fincher: Crotchety Asshole To Paramount? Plus More ...
latimesblogs.latimes.com - 11/25/2008
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Having heard that I saw "The Curious Case
of Benjamin Button" the other night, people keep asking...
me: What's it like? Can it possibly make its money back? (Estimates of the film's budget begin at around $150 million.) Is it...
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'Benjamin Button': Fincher's triumph or folly?
hollywood-elsewhere.com - 12/7/2008
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Entertainment Weekly's Christine Spines has reported about a
casted and ready-to-roll David Fincher crime thriller called Ness,...
a kind of son-of-The Untouchables about famed Al Capone adversary Eliot Ness, and starring Matt Damon, Casey Affleck and ...
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David Fincher has a reputation for being frank and asshole-ish; one that doesn't suffer fools gladly. This assertion was propagated just recently when the director seemed rather aloof and stand-offish (or at least either really inarticulate or not wanting to answer questions) in a Q&A session after a screening of "The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button." The New York Post (via Vulture) says the testy director is not helping the film's chances with his "imperious ways," a difficult manner ...
David Fincher in Page Six
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... The New York Post’s Page Six today has an item on The Curious Case of Benjamin Button director David Fincher that claims that his “imperious ways”are getting on the nerves of Paramount employees: ...
Tongue-Wagging Insiders Call Fincher "Abusive"
Get The Big Picture —
... coming in longer than the
studio wanted, and because Fincher was resistant to change it, he took his
upcoming Heavy Metal project to another studio.
The word is that both sides have kind of patched things
up and will work together again soon, although if this were Rock of Love,
I would still have my doubts about Fincher getting a rose from Paramount at the
end of the first episode.
And now to the juicy gossip from
Page Six
(via The
Playlist). Whether the specific incident in question ...
Is Paramount Balking on Fincher's Elliot Ness Flick Due to a Dislike of the Director?
RopeofSilicon.com —
... Even more recently the New York Post ran a piece detailing the following incident between Fincher and one-time Paramount exec John Goldwyn: ...
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The Conversations: David Fincher
thehousenextdooronline.com 1/16/2009 — By Jason Bellamy and Ed Howard [ Editor's Note: This is the first installment of a new monthly feature, The Conversations, in which Jason Bellamy and Ed Howard will discuss a wide range of cinematic subjects: critical analyses of films, filmmaker ...
Empire Exclusive - Feature On Benjamin Button
fincherfanatic.blogspot.com 10/30/2008 — +++ UPDATED 2008/10/30 +++ Since some of you had trouble with the download-link, I have added an alternative. Hopefully works fine now! This year's November issue of Empire Magazine is definitely worth the grab: Not only does it showcase the 500 ...
David Fincher Completely Dismisses 'Se7en' Sequel
getthebigpicture.net 1/5/2009 — While speaking at a question and answer session for 'Benjamin Button', David Fincher shot down the notion of a 'Se7en' sequel rather succinctly: "I would have less interest in that than I would in having cigarettes put out in my eyes.".
David Fincher Talks Status Of 'Heavy Metal'
theplaylist.blogspot.com 12/17/2008 — We reported awhile back that David Fincher , fresh off the large-scaled Oscar bait " The Curious Case of Benjamin Button " was attempting to transition into an adaptation of the cult-classic maganize," Heavy Metal. " He had named possible directors ...
Benjamin Button Screening and Q&A
awardsdaily.com 11/23/2008 —
Today’s screening was held in the swanky Paramount theater. In attendance for the Q&A was director David Fincher, screenwriter Eric Roth and most of the heads of the tech departments. I don’t want to jinx the movie by going ...
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