First images from David Fincher’s Mank show off filmmaker’s star-studded Netflix movie

Netflix has unveiled four stills from David Fincher's upcoming film Mank. The film, based on the screenplay penned by David's father, Jack Fincher, before his death in 2003, is about Gary Oldman's character Herman J Mankiewicz. Mankiewicz was the writer of 1941 movie Citizen Kane who clashed with the film's producer and director Orson Welles and there has been much debate as to who was right. All the controversy is ground for a gripping drama and considering Fincher has the reins of this movie, there is a lot of excitement among film buffs. Fincher is known for thrillers like The Social Network, Zodiac, Se7en, Fight Club, and Gone Girl and has executive produced and directed some episodes of Netflix series like Mindhunter and House of Cards. (Photo: Reuters/Netflix)

Gary Oldman's look as Mankiewicz. Oldman has played the role of varied real-life men as Ludwig van Beethoven and Winston Churchill, and is one of the most magnetic actors working today. So we can expect another compelling performance from the British actor. (Photo: Netflix)

Amanda Seyfried will play the role of Marion Davies, an actor, producer and screenwriter. The second wife of Charles Foster Kane, titular character of Citizen Kane, was said to be based on her, though Welles denied this. (Photo: Netflix)

Lily Collins' Rita Alexander shares a toast with Oldman's Mank. (Photo: Netflix)

Charles Dance's William Randolph Hearst was a businessman and politician. Davies was Hearst's mistress. (Photo: Netflix)

Overall, Mank looks like a movie every Fincher fan would love even if it is not a thriller and is more like a sedate drama shot/edited in black-and-white. (Photo: Netflix)