David Fincher Explains Why His Remake of '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea' Didn't Happen
T he last few days have been pretty busy for David Fincher. Se7en, his outstanding crime thriller of 1995, is turning 30 this year, and with that comes a re-release in theaters wh ...
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David Fincher Pushed Back When Disney Didn’t Get His ‘20,000 Leagues Under the Sea’ Vision: ‘You’ve Read Jules Verne, Right?’
"I really wanted to do '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea' because what we had in mind ... and you’re going to have to check these boxes for us.’ And I was like, ‘You’ve read Jules Verne ...
"Kind of Gross and Cool and Wet and Steampunk": David Fincher Sheds Light on His Axed '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea' Adaptation
David Fincher was in talks to adapt a version of the classic Jules Verne novel at Disney, but the House of Mouse had too many conditions for him.