David Fincher Says He Met With Warner Bros. to Direct ‘Harry Potter’ and Told the Studio ‘I Want It to Be Kind of Creepy’
variety.comTodd Gilchrist 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,” an adaptation of Arthur C. Clarke’s “Rendezvous With Rama” and a sequel to “World War Z,” is a testament to both how eclectic his choices are and how in demand he’s been in Hollywood.
But during a recent interview on behalf of the upcoming 4K re-release of his breakthrough film “Seven,” Fincher revealed one franchise for which he was considered that didn’t move forward after he pitched his take on the material: “Harry Potter.” “I was asked to come in and talk to them about how I would do ‘Harry Potter,’” Fincher told Variety. “I remember saying, ‘I just don’t want to do the clean Hollywood version of it.
I want to do something that looks a lot more like ‘Withnail and I,’ and I want it to be kind of creepy.’” He said Warner Bros.
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