Yesterday, Netflix made a big tease on Twitter: Filmmaker David Fincher would be dropping something today on the channel, or at least its existence would be finally known. Well, it’s here, and it’s called “Voir.” What is that? The long-awaited season three of “Mindhunter,” maybe? Nope, it’s precisely what Fincher teased earlier this year: “I’m working on a show about film appreciation and about movies that I love, with guests I love, about movies that they love,” he said in March 2021. And yes, “Voir” is precisely that.
“Voir” details are, well, nonexistent at the moment, in terms of what guest will appear (presumably many of his famous filmmaking friends). Still, we know that the docuseries will debut at the upcoming AFI Film Festival (see below). Here’s what Netflix had to say in a new tweet, “VOIR, a new documentary series of visual essays celebrating cinema, from the mind of one of film’s modern masters.”
Here’s the AFI description (which doesn’t tell you much either).
VOIR
A special screening of Executive Producer David Fincher’s latest Netflix series: A collection of visual essays…for the love of cinema. DIR David Prior, Taylor Ramos, Tony Zhou. World Premiere.
Fincher has an exclusive deal at Netflix, and insiders tell us “Voir” was part of that overall deal. It’s not the first time that Netflix has gotten into the cinema appreciation business. While they are a streaming channel for most people to watch at home, Netflix recently bought the Paris Theater in New York. While yes, they have been using it to play Netflix films, they also have utilized it to play cinephile-esque retrospectives of classic films, most recently a retrospective of the work of Jane Campion (they are releasing her film, “Power Of The Dog” in December). So yes, while many decry that Netflix is killing movies, the company is full of movie lovers, and they have made some significant in-roads for the theatrical experience releasing a lot of their major films recently in limited release before they hit the streaming channel.
As for “Mindhunter” season three, don’t hold your breath. The entire cast has been freed from their contracts; Fincher said he was “exhausted” by the end of season two, and sources had told us the show was over long before it was announced: showrunning, directing, and reshooting all of season two was a massive burden on the filmmaker that just had him burned out by the end.
Fincher is currently prepping for a December-ish shoot on “The Killer” with Michael Fassbender and Tilda Swinton, the latter of whom we revealed first recently (that seems to be in terms of big names for that cast, FYI). Still, we have “Voir,” and that’s something. No streaming date has been announced yet, but you can watch the first teaser below.
