Netflix: Fincher's Guardian Angel

Good morning: In today's edition of The Industry, we look at:

Fincher's obsession with details, Franco does Naples, SAG cancels Halloween and potato starch.

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IS NETFLIX FINCHER'S GUARDIAN ANGEL?

He's designed a character that equals his meticulous nature.

The film centers on an assassin, played by Michael Fassbender, who is adept at looking through a lens of his own: a sniper scope.

​The trailer showcases the assassin's routine: precise stretches, heart rate monitoring, and selecting a music track for his murder—in effect, "scoring" his work.

It may be the most Fincher-esque character yet.

His films have always been influenced by obsession, a passion ignited by the challenges he faced directing his first feature, Alien 3.

His subjugation to studio whims defined the process, though it ultimately empowered him never to let it happen again.

After screening the first cut of Fight Club for Fox, Art Linson, the producer, noted the execs were:

"Flopping around like acid-crazed carp, wondering …