Podcast | Zodiac (2007), plus Brady Corbet

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David Fincherā€™s best film? Maybe, but Zodiac at one stage was a Disney movie. Plus, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Brady Corbet on The Brutalist and more.


The path to 2007ā€™s Zodiac started when a then-19-year old managed to take out an option on a best-selling book. Then, a few years later, he inked a deal with Disney to make the movie. Fate took a few turns though, and it was the collapse of an $80m television series that would bring David Fincher to the eventual movie. Some people were expecting a film along the lines of Fincherā€™s Seven though. They did not get itā€¦

For the second half of this episode, Oscar-nominated director Brady Corbet then joins the podcast to talk about his film The Brutalist, the challenges of which have been well documented. Over a lengthy chat, he talks about the film, the question heā€™s not asked, and ā€“ it says here ā€“ thereā€™s a bit about toilet roll tooā€¦

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