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Netflix’s “Mindhunter” on Hold Due to David Fincher’s Schedule; Cast Released from Contracts
Netflix‘s true crime-based “Mindhunter” returned for its second season this past August, nearly two years after the first season premiered on the streaming service, and it looks like the wait for a third season may end up being just as long – and that may be a best case scenario.
Deadline reports that the future of “Mindhunter” is in question due to David Fincher‘s schedule, with the cast of the Netflix series – that includes Holt McCallany, Jonathan Groff and Anna Torv – now being released from their contracts so they can join other projects.
“David is focused on directing his first Netflix film Mank and on producing the second season of Love, Death and Robots,” a Netflix spokesperson said this week. “He may revisit Mindhunter again in the future, but in the meantime felt it wasn’t fair to the actors to hold them from seeking other work while he was exploring new work of his own.”
What does this mean? Well, it doesn’t mean that “Mindhunter” is dead in the water but rather on hold for now, though it’s important to raise the possibly of the cast signing on for other television shows while they wait for Fincher’s schedule to free up. If that was happen with one or more of the main stars, it certainly *could* mean that “Mindhunter” could come to an end.
Deadline notes, “According to sources, the cast love working with Fincher and most if not all would be willing to come back for another season but they may be tied to another series.”
At the very least, it sounds like we may be waiting a while.
AMC’s horror series “The Terror” wrapped its third season last month, but plans are already in motion for season four.
Executive producer David W. Zucker has confirmed that “The Terror” Season 4 is moving forward in a new chat with ScreenRant, revealing that they’ve “just closed the deal on the book we’re gonna develop next” for the series.
Which novel they’re adapting remains shrouded in secrecy at this stage, however.
That might not seem like much to go on at this stage, but the second season was an original story. Furthermore, there was a lengthy gap between seasons two and three, causing many to speculate that the third season would be the anthology series’ last. Unlike its first two, Season 3 shifted from airing on AMC to a dual Shudder and AMC+ weekly release plan, with neither streamer revealing viewership numbers.
So not only is this confirmation that the series is moving forward, but it won’t be another six years before we see Season 4.
The first season of the supernatural drama, based on Dan Simmons’ novel and aired in 2018, was set on the frigid decks of a Victorian Era sailing ship following a doomed course, while season two, “The Terror: Infamy,” which premiered in August 2019, centered on a malevolent, shape-shifting force that is locked up with prisoners in a Japanese internment camp.
Season 3, “The Terror: Devil in Silver,” tells the story of Pepper – a working class moving man, who through a combination of bad luck and a bad temper, finds himself wrongfully committed to New Hyde Psychiatric Hospital – an institution filled with the people society would rather forget. There, he must contend with patients who work against him, doctors who harbor grim secrets, and perhaps even the very Devil himself.
Dan Stevens (The Guest, Abigail) stars alongside Judith Light, CCH Pounder, Aasif Mandvi, John Benjamin Hickey, Stephen Root, Michael Aronov, Marin Ireland, Chinaza Uche, Hampton Fluker, Hayward Leach, and Philip Ettinger.
The six-episode new season is based on Victor LaValle’s novel, The Devil in Silver.