Social Network: Celebrating the New Digitized, Democratized American Dream

I’ve seen The Social Network, and I think it’s the real deal: A near-flawless, groundbreaking, intoxicating vision of the time span during which a whole new world order defined itself. And I’ve found myself a little perplexed by all the critiques out there that have called into question the shallowness or flimsiness of the fictionalized [...]

Is RED’s Epic 5K Camera Close To Launch?

Academy Award-winning director David Fincher was spotted with five or six EPIC cameras today at RED’s Hollywood shop (HQ in Lake Forest, CA). This is important for two reasons a) with five or six (or more) Epics out in the wild it means the 5K camera could be close to finished and b) a new [...]

Sorry Facebook Movie, No Actual Facebook For You

The downside to producing a film about the most-used social networking system of all time? Being blacklisted by said social network.

Panic Room, at 20,000 Leagues? Fincher to Adapt Verne. Really.

Um, holy crap. Talk about a left-field revelation.

Freeze Frame: The David Fincher Close-Up That Rewrote the Alien Franchise

Every Monday with “Freeze Frame,” we break down our very favorite sci-fi/fantasy/adventure moments – the scenes that we look forward to, that remind us why we so love this job. As you might guess, such discussions are riddled with spoilers. So consider yourself warned. (See previous Freeze Frame features here.)