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The Killer (2023)

Name: The Killer
Director: David Fincher
Genre: neo-noir, action thriller
Duration: 118 min
Rating: 6.7

The Killer is a 2023 American action thriller film directed by David Fincher from a screenplay by Andrew Kevin Walker. It is based on the French graphic novel series The Killer written by Alexis "Matz" Nolent and illustrated by Luc Jacamon. The film stars Michael Fassbender in the main role alongside Arliss Howard, Charles Parnell, Kerry O'Malley, Sala Baker, Sophie Charlotte, and Tilda Swinton in supporting roles.…

Directed by David Fincher · Shot by Erik Messerschmidt · Cut by Kirk Baxter · Music by Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross · Ratio 2.39:1 · 118 min

How it was made

Fincher first attempted to adapt the Matz comic in 2007 with Paramount before moving the project to Netflix in 2021, at which point Andrew Kevin Walker rewrote the script and Michael Fassbender was cast in the lead.
Fincher cited Jean-Pierre Melville's Le Samouraï as the film's most direct reference, with Fassbender basing his performance on Alain Delon's character from that film.
Principal photography began in Paris in November 2021, then moved through the Dominican Republic, New Orleans and Chicago before finishing in St. Charles, Illinois, which stood in for Beacon, New York, over roughly four months.
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross composed the score, layered against a soundtrack built around songs by the Smiths.

Behind the scenes

'The Killer' Q&A Fincher & Fassbender & Rian Johnson 15th Nov 2023 — Shot, Drawn & Cut · 45 min
THE KILLER (2023) Behind-the-Scenes Kirk Baxter on Editing The Killer — FilmIsNow Epic Movie Zone · 3 min

Elsewhere

More by David Fincher

The End of the Innocence — 1989
Vogue — 1990
Alien 3 — 1992
Seven — 1995
6th Avenue Heartache — 1996
The Game — 1997
Fight Club — 1999
Panic Room — 2002
Zodiac — 2007
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button — 2008
The Social Network — 2010
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo — 2011
Gone Girl — 2014
Mank — 2020
The Adventures of Cliff Booth — 2026

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