Warner Bros. ultimately went in a different direction.
one of the titles responsible for welcoming millions of kids into the wizarding world.
I remember saying, I just dont want to do the clean Hollywood version of it.
David Fincher and Daniel Radcliffe.Credit:Jon Kopaloff/Getty; Peter Mountain/Warner Bros.
Needless to say, Fincher’s version ofHarry Potterdidn’t see the light of day.
Among them areSteven Spielberg,Guillermo del Toro,M.
Night Shyamalan,Jonathan Demme,Terry Gillam, andRob Reiner.
Daniel Radcliffe and Ralph Fiennes in ‘Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone’.Warner Bros.
Representatives for Fincher did not immediately respond toEntertainment Weekly’s request for further comment.
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This isn’t the first time Fincher has recalled having unorthodox ideas for a blockbuster franchise.
David Fincher.Laurent KOFFEL/Gamma-Rapho via Getty
“They werent f—ing interested, Fincher said of the studio’s reaction to his pitch.
And I get it.
They were like: Why would you want to eviscerate the origin story?
And I was like: Cos its dumb?
Theres a lot of things I can do in my life and thats just not one of them.
“Is there a built-in audience?
Thats somebody elses job, he toldVariety.
I was interested inGone Girlin spite of the fact that it was a bestseller.”
