Netflix Teams Robert Towne and David Fincher for ‘Chinatown’ Prequel Series Pilot Script
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Netflix Teams Robert Towne and David Fincher for ‘Chinatown’ Prequel Series Pilot Script
EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has closed deals with Robert Towne and David Fincher to work up a pilot script for a prequel to the 1974 classic film Chinatown, sources tell Deadline. Towne won an Oscar for scripting a drama that mixed fact and fiction to tell the story of a private eye hired to expose an adulterer who instead uncovers far more unsavory things.
Fincher will be executive producer along with Towne and Josh Donen. The idea behind the prequel series would be to focus on a young Jake Gittes (played in the film by Jack Nicholson) as he plies his business in a town where the wealthy and corruption involves areas like land, oil and gangs. The hope is that Fincher might direct the pilot, but that is not part of the deal which at this point covers a pilot script. Roman Polanski directed the original film and the late Robert Evans produced it.
Fincher will be executive producer along with Towne and Josh Donen. The idea behind the prequel series would be to focus on a young Jake Gittes (played in the film by Jack Nicholson) as he plies his business in a town where the wealthy and corruption involves areas like land, oil and gangs. The hope is that Fincher might direct the pilot, but that is not part of the deal which at this point covers a pilot script. Roman Polanski directed the original film and the late Robert Evans produced it.
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Re: Netflix Teams Robert Towne and David Fincher for ‘Chinatown’ Prequel Series Pilot Script
Interesting idea. But this is a few years away from potentially seeing the light of day.
After Paramount licensed Beverly Hills Cop 4 to Netflix, this was probably part of that pact to develop more projects in the future.
After Paramount licensed Beverly Hills Cop 4 to Netflix, this was probably part of that pact to develop more projects in the future.