Netflix unveils huge 2020 slate with movies from David Fincher, Spike Lee and Ron Howard
Netflix has revealed details of its 2020 slate of movie releases, and it's a star-laden affair indeed.
Key among the titles is forthcoming biopic Mank, helmed by David Fincher, and focusing on Herman J. Mankiewicz and the writing of Orson Welles’ classic Citizen Kane.
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Shot in black and white, Gary Oldman plays the iconic writer, with a supporting cast including Amanda Seyfried, Charles Dance and Lily Collins.
The screenplay has been penned by Fincher's father, Howard 'Jack' Fincher.
British director Ben Wheatley will also be debuting his latest on the streaming service, an adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca, famously made into a movie by Hitchcock in 1940.
Playing the married couple at the centre of the tantalising mystery will be Call Be By Your Name's Armie Hammer and Baby Driver's Lily James.
Meanwhile, veteran Oscar winner Ron Howard helms Hillbilly Elegy, adapted from J.D. Vance's memoir of the same name about an family in the Appalachians, starring Amy Adams and Glenn Close.
Spike Lee's latest will come via Netflix too, Da 5 Bloods, about a group of army veterans who return to Vietnam to try and find out what happened to their squad leader and also find buried treasure.
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Black Panther's Chadwick Boseman stars, alongside Norm Lewis and Delroy Lindo.
Other highlights include Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams' comedy Eurovision, and Charlie Kaufman's road trip thriller I'm Thinking Of Ending Things, starring Jesse Plemons, Jessie Buckley, Toni Collette and David Thewlis.
You can check out a full round-up on this Twitter thread...
Another year of movies is ahead of us! We’ve mentioned a lot of these films already, but here’s a handy list of all the films coming to Netflix this year...so far. (thread)
— Netflix Film (@NetflixFilm) January 3, 2020