David Fincher Keeping Hope Alive for Potential “Mindhunter” Return; “I’d Love to Revisit It”

Potential “Mindhunter” Return?

David Fincher keeps hope alive.

By John Squires | Bloody Disgusting
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Just last month, David Fincher opened up in a chat with Vulture and revealed that Netflix’s “Mindhunter” is at least temporarily on hold at the moment, with Fincher admitting that there just weren’t enough people watching to justify the cost and the work involved in bringing another season to life. But that doesn’t mean we’ll *never* see the return of the series.

In a new chat with Variety just this week, Fincher expressed hope for the future while also reiterating his recent comments to Vulture. He told Variety, “I don’t know if it makes sense to continue. It was an expensive show. It had a very passionate audience, but we never got the numbers that justified the cost.”

But this time, Fincher added a little addendum to that thought…

“At some point I’d love to revisit it. The hope was to get all the way up to the late 90’s, early 2000’s, hopefully get all the way up to people knocking on the door at Dennis Rader’s house.”

Dennis Rader, the BTK Killer, is played by Sonny Valicenti in the series.

At this point it sounds like the future of “Mindhunter” may be in Fincher’s hands, and he may someday get the urge to jump back into its world of true crime. For now, however, you probably shouldn’t expect to hear anything about a third season anytime soon.

Fincher executive produces “Mindhunter” for Netflix, and also directed several episodes