David Fincherās 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 2007ās 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 Fincherās 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 heās not asked, and ā it says here ā thereās a bit about toilet roll tooā¦