David Fincher will next direct Pawn Sacrifice reports Variety. Tobey Maguire will produce and potentially star in the project about chess grandmaster Bobby Fischer and the historic world championship 1972 match with Russian Boris Spassky,.
Steven Knight ("Dirty Pretty Things") wrote the script.
Gail Katz ("The Perfect Storm") will co-produce.
Fincher is also apparently looking into the US remake of of Stieg Larsson's crime thriller, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.
Carey Mulligan is being mntioned to play the role of a victimised young hacker and detective
Scott Rudin is producing.
The Swedish film adaptation of 'Girl' opens this week in limited release.
Deadline New York says the long gestating Heavy Metal redo is still on Fincher's plate as well.
Fincher remains as producer and is seeking independent financing and distribution commitments while Blur Studios apparently remains involved to potentially animate at least some of the segments which will retain the violent and erotic pulp sci-fi tone of the original Heavy Metal magazine and 1981 film.
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