It’s official: David Fincher has confirmed that a third season of Mindhunter will not happen. After its first season in 2017, the popular thriller series launched its second season in August 2019. Since then, fans have been clamoring for a third installment.
mind hunter Follows two FBI agents (played by Jonathan Groff and Holt McCallan) and a psychologist (Anna Torvey) who embark on a research project to profile serial killers in order to better understand them.
In an interview with the Journal du Dimanche, the director David Fincher returned to his series and gave fans a disappointing update on Season 3.
“I am very proud of the first two seasons. But it’s a very expensive series and, in Netflix’s eyes, we don’t attract enough audiences to justify that kind of investment. “, he said.
The series actually requires significant post-production work: the show is set in the 80s, so the series has to be reworked to keep everything authentic. And it comes at a price.
But the Twin Peaks director made it clear he doesn’t blame the streaming giant.
“I don’t blame them, they took the risk to launch the series, they let me do what I dreamed vice And they allowed me to take new paths killer “, he continued. “It’s a blessing to be able to work with brave people. The day our desires are no longer the same, we must be honest enough to part ways.“
The news comes as no surprise, however, following the announcement in early 2020 that the series was “Suspended Indefinitely” Lead actors Groff, McCallan and Torv were released from their contracts.
In a previous interview with Vulture, Fincher called the production “Tiring and time consuming” and added that the series was “probablyHe finished. Now confirmed.
“When I finished, I was pretty tired and I said to myself: I don’t know if I have the resources to do a third season.“- he explained later.
Cancellation mind hunterRated 4.4 out of 5 by AlloCiné viewers, respectively, means that Ford and Tench will not be investigating Dennis Rader, also known as BTK (Binding, Torturing, Killing), who appears in Watermark in Season 2. This serial killer is known for having killed about ten people in the 1970s and 1980s.
However, in the same interview, a Netflix spokesperson said that even if a third installment is not in development, it could happen.Maybe in five years“. We can always hope.
Meanwhile, two (only?) seasons of Mindhunter can be seen exclusively on Netflix.
Source: Allocine
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