Film ‘Mank’ Starts on Netflix Dec. 4

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A look at ‘30s Hollywood and troubled screenwriter

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The film Mank, about an alcoholic screenwriter in 1930s Hollywood, premieres on Netflix Dec. 4. The movie had a theatrical release as well, starting Nov. 13. 

Mank is about Herman J. Mankiewicz, who wrote the screenplay for the 1941 Orson Welles film Citizen Kane. 

David Fincher directed Mank. His late father, Jack Fincher, wrote the screenplay. David Fincher’s films include The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Social Network and Fight Club. 

Gary Oldman plays Mankiewicz. Amanda Seyfried portrays Marion Davis, William Randolph Hearst’s mistress. Charles Dance plays Hearst and Tom Burke plays Welles. 

Michael Malone
Michael Malone

Michael Malone is content director at B+C and Multichannel News. He joined B+C in 2005 and has covered network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television, including writing the "Local News Close-Up" market profiles. He also hosted the podcasts "Busted Pilot" and "Series Business." His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The L.A. Times, The Boston Globe and New York magazine.