Fincher, who is renowned for his thorough narrative technique and his skillful method of direction, freshly pondered upon the negative comments made by Warner Bros. to his film Zodiac, released back in 2007.

Over his more than 35-year career as a filmmaker, director David Fincher's name has been attached to many projects that later changed hands or otherwise never came to fruition. The list, which includes two sequels to "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,

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David Fincher, the director known for dark films like Se7en, Fight Club, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Gone Girl, and zombie-thriller World War Z, was at one point in talks to direct 2001’s Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,

I remember saying, ‘I just don’t want to do the clean Hollywood version of it,’” Fincher told Variety. “I want to do something that looks a lot more like Withnail And I, and I want it to be kind of creepy.

Fincher's take on J.K. Rowling's beloved fantasy series would have been closer to "Withnail and I" than the movies that ultimately materialized.

The first two movies in the Harry Potter franchise were directed by Chris Columbus, the family-friendly filmmaker behind movies such as Home Alone (and

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