Two-time Oscar nominee Michael Fassbender’s character in David Fincher’s The Killer recites his list of rules that includes stick to your plan, trust no one, forbid empathy, and anticipate, don’t improvise. That seems to be working for the assassin until something goes unexpectedly wrong.
In addition to Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs, 12 Years a Slave), the thriller stars Charles Parnell (Barry), Arliss Howard (Manhunt), Sophie Charlotte (Todas as Flores), and Oscar winner Tilda Swinton (Michael Clayton). Andrew Kevin Walker adapted writer Alexis Nolent (a.k.a Matz) and illustrator Luc Jacamon’s graphic novel series, with three-time Oscar nominee David Fincher (Mank, The Social Network, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) directing.
Netflix’s The Killer is set to hold its world premiere screening at the Venice Film Festival on Sunday, September 3, 2023. The film will be released in October in select theaters followed by a release on Netflix on November 10th.
Netflix released this short but snappy synopsis of Fincher’s latest thriller:
“After a fateful near-miss, an assassin battles his employers, and himself, on an international manhunt he insists isn’t personal.”
