David Fincher’s “Torso” project has been mostly dead or treading water for a while now even after a few false starts with Matt Damon, Casey Affleck and Rachel McAdams linked to roles.
When recently asked about the project, McAdams seemingly confirmed that she was at least in talks at one point, but it appears as if that ship has sailed.
“I don’t know what’s going on with that project. I don’t know that it’s actually happening,” said McAdams. “[Fincher] might be doing something else.”
Fincher’s attention of late has been circling the Facebook-movie “The Social Network,” so is “Torso” past the point of no return or just shelved for now? It doesn’t feel like a project with even a pulse, but you never know. The “Torso” graphic novel writer Brian Michael Bendis was still holding onto hope earlier this year noting that the project “hasn’t died” promising fans the graphic novel will see a film adaptation one day. Sans Fincher? Would this project even be relevant or desired as much if that were the case? Last we heard in January, Paramount had let the rights to “Torso” lapse, but in February, the producer Bill Mechanic (who who was an integral force in getting “Fight Club” to the screen) still said the projects wasn’t quite dead. We can probably file this one under quietly dormant for now, though Mechanic and co. are probably still trying to make progress on it. [MTV]