Season 3 of 'Mindhunter' could become three films reveals Holt McCallan

The future of Mindhunterthe original series of Netflixand the producer and director David Fincherhas remained with an interrogation sign since the launch of the second season in 2019.

On multiple occasions, a third season has been said failed to realize, due to two reasons: that Fincher had other commitments to meet other projects, and also, that Netflix considered that the series budget was very expensive and “did not attract enough audience to justify such an investment,” according to their own statements of Fincher in 2023.

That was how Mindhunter It was ruled out by the streamer. However, the series became a spice of worship and the audience does not lose hope of obtaining more or later seasons.

Well, the very requested third season could see the light in a different format: three two -hour films each.

According to information revealed by Dead McCallanywho co -starred Mindhunter As the FBI agent, Bill Tench, to the CBRE media, the actor held a recent meeting with Fincher, where the issue of a possible return was addressed, and although he clarifies that for that, Fincher must feel satisfied with the scripts, yes there are people working on it.

“Look, a few months ago I had a meeting with David Fincher in his office and told me that There is the possibility of returning like three two -hour filmsbut I think It is just a possibility. I know there are screenwriters workingbut David has to be happy with scripts.”

“I felt very lucky and privileged to have been able to do that series. I would love to come back. I think, as I said, it gave me a little hope when I had that meeting, but everything would have to coincide. The good news is that we are in Netflix with The Waterfrontand those films would also be released in Netflix. So I think, Regarding dates and logisticsall It could be resolvedbut It has to do with David to have the time, The desire and be happy with the material. And well, That is a great unknown.”

So they have it there. The stars must align so that the return of Mindhunter It is completed.

Right now, Fincher is working on a project as director, which is the sequel to Once Upon a Time in Hollywoodwhich will be titled The Adventures of Cliff Boothwith the return of Brad Pitt as twice as a risk we met in the movie of Quentin Tarantino. It is expected that the shooting of the project will start in July in California.

Fincher maintains an association with Netflix, with whom he has an exclusive agreement since 2020. His collaboration dates back to the House of Cards series, of which he was director and executive producer. Since its exclusive agreement, Fincher has made the feature film Mank, The Killerand now in development, The Adventures of Cliff Booth.

Mindhuntercreated by Joe Penhall (The Road screenwriter y King of Thieves), bases its material on the book Mindhunter: Inside the FBI’s Elite Serial Crime Unitewritten by John E. Douglas and Mark Olshaker.

His argument set in the late 1970s, focuses on two FBI agents who are commissioned to interview serial killers to solve open cases. The leading roles were carried out by Jonathan Groff, Dead McCallanyy Anna Torvplaying FBI Holden Ford and Bill Tench agents, and psychologist Wendy Carr, respectively. The second season showed the agents investigating the infamous murders of children from Atlanta of 1979-81, while making fun of the appearance of Dennis Rader, also known as The Btk Killer. Rader's crimes would have been the main focus of the third season.

In 2022, another of the directors of the series, Andrew Dominik commented on the plans for season 3:

“What they were going to do with season 3 was to go [a] Hollywood. So one of them was going to get together with Jonathan Demme and the other was going to get together with Michael Mann. And everything would be to profile it [a Dennis Rader] To make it the type of spirit of the time, public awareness. It would have been … that was the season that everyone was really waiting to do, when [ellos] They left the basement and began. “

A total of 19 episodes make up the seasons. Among the list of directors who were part of the series are Fincher with 7 episodes; Carl Franklin (House of Cards, The Leftovers) with 4 episodes; Andrew Douglas (uwantmetokillhim?); Asif kapadia (Amy, Diego Maradona); Tobias Lindholm (The Hunt, A War) y Dominik (The Assassination of Jesse James, Killing Them Softly), With 2 episodes each of the last four.