HUNGER actor Michael Fassbender is set to lead THE KILLER. The official character description reads that Fassbender will play an assassin who begins to psychologically crack as he develops a conscience, even as his clients continue to demand his skills. THE KILLER is penned by SEVEN and FIGHT CLUB screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker and marks Fincher’s first film since 2020’s MANK. The film is slated to debut on Netflix November 10.
Oscar nominee Michael Fassbender (12 YEARS A SLAVE) joins his Oscar winning wife Alicia Vikander (THE DANISH GIRL) in HOPE, the first project from acclaimed Korean director Na Hong-Jin since 2016 hit THE WAILING. It will mark the second time they’ve appeared together in the same film after THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS. The largely Korean-language film will follow the residents of Hopo Port, where a mysterious discovery is made on the outskirts of the remote harbor town.
Actor Michael Fassbender has described his portrayal of IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands as the performance “closest to my heart out of all the work I have done”. The directional debut of future Oscar-winner Steve McQueen, the 2008 film HUNGER was a drama about the 1981 hunger strike by republican prisoners in the Maze prison. It won a host of international awards, including the prestigious Caméra d’Or award for first-time filmmakers and the Sydney Film Prize.