David Fincher provides update on ‘Mindhunter’ season 3: “It is a particularly expensive show”
nme.comMindhunter director, executive producer and showrunner David Fincher has confirmed that the Netflix series will not return for a third season.Based on the true crime book of the same name, the show first launched on the streamer in 2017.
Set in 1977, it followed FBI agents Holden Ford (Jonathan Groff) and Bill Tench (Holt McCallany) as they attempt to get inside the minds of a serial killer – a completely new brand of murderer at the time.A second season was released in 2019, with the series soon gaining a strong fanbase.
However, despite the show’s popularity, plans for a third season were put on hold by Netflix in 2020.Now, in an interview with French outlet JDD, Fincher has confirmed that the series won’t be returning.“I’m very proud of the first two seasons.
But it is a particularly expensive show and, in the eyes of Netflix, we did not attract a large enough audience to justify such an investment,” said the producer.“I don’t blame them.
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