In the world of Mindhunter, BTK's killer is still free. Dennis Rader, the man whose presence and crimes were lurking around the edges of the two -season show in the show, was not caught until 2005, and the second season of Mindhunter ended with a gloomy reminder of his continuous serial killings. You really can't prosecute David Fincher who left his series of historical crime openly; The play based on the book of the same name by E.on E. Douglas and Mark Olshacker is recognized by critics and audiences and is often cited as one of the best originals of Netflix ever. Also, it's pretty bad close to flawless and emotional, rich and visually and thematic, and is home to some of the most adapted TV in recent memory. So why the hell never returned for the third season?

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The narrative that surrounds the end of the Mindhunter is (like the show) was a little slow burn, such as a TV version with streaming of ambiguous breakup that begins with the idea to take some time. The first ink that the killer hunting serial profiles series will not return soon, came in November 2019, when It was reported That the third season of the show was on hold until Fincher finished Mank. By January 2020, TVLin A report has dropped that the series has no has been canceled, but was put on an indefinite retention. "David is focused on directing his first film" Mank "by Netflix and producing the second season of Loveubov, Death and Robots," a Netflix official said. "He may re -examine Mindhunter in the future, but in the meantime he thought it was not fair for the actors to prevent them from looking for another job while investigating his new job."

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As unortodox as this arrangement sounded, it made sense at the time. Fincher is one of the most talented directors working today, and Netflix would be smart to keep the door open for future seasons of this stunning and frightening crime show. Director has a job with Netflix that goes everything back in 2013When he executed his first original series of Brazheg, a political thriller "House of Cards". In 2020, Fincher also signed a four -year exclusive contract with Netflix This resulted in his latest films, "Mank" and "The Killer", debuting exclusively on the platform.

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Fincher was and is still a director in demand, so it was no surprise that he would be ready to put a "Mindhunter" on the back burner for some time. His reported readiness to release the show's actors from their commitment to the series schedule has also received a decent gesture, especially with a mass known as the actor who conquered Tony and Grammy, the Athonian Count (since then at Gla, and "Frozen" and "Hamilton". Putting the Mindhunter Season 3 on the ice seemed to be a surprisingly rational, winning solution for strimmer, team and crew.

Unfortunately, the show remains frozen to this day, without any sign that it will ever be thawed. By October 2020, Fincher explained that the show was put on (originally temporarily) holding his request. "It's a 90-hour work week. It absorbs everything in your life," he explained. "When I finished, I was pretty exhausted and said," I don't know if I have it in me right now to break the season three. "" He confirmed that the play is not pulling a large audience to justify his budget and implied that he was not ready to make a cheaper third season. Waiting for and see how it feels after "Mank" was made.

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One month after his sitting with Vulture, Fincher said the variety That he was not sure "if it makes sense" to continue a "Mindhunter", again lists its production costs and the brutal schedule. "It was an expensive show," he said. "There was a very passionate audience, but we never got the numbers that justified the costs." He also said Season 2, the boiling thriller for the borders and traps of profiling, which was largely focused on the FBI's fight to competently work the case of killing children in Atlanta, it was difficult to produce. Fincher reportedly fired his shower and conserved the existing story of the story, resulting in tiring of large parts of the season. Fincher lived according to his reputation as an accurate and accurate perfectionist, moved to Pittsburgh for production and overseeing even the episodes he did not direct, according to co-producer Peter Macromates.

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In 2023 Interview For the French magazine Le Journalournal Du Dimance (After Forbes. Again, the explanation comes down to the show's budget, but this time, Netflix is ​​a square framed as a decision -maker. The film director continued to praise Strimmer because he allowed him to make bold projects in the first place, but said: "Our desires day are not the same, we must be honest about splitting ways."

So, we would be mistaken to still hope for the third season after all this, right? Didn't it?! Well, maybe not. Before it ended, Fincher mentioned that he You could see the show lasting five seasons. After being sheltered, he told Variety that he "would like to rethink it", and wanted to bring the narrative to the middle-to-"hope he would get the whole way to the people who knocked on the door to Dennis Rader's house." In 2021, Count said Hollywood reporter That he was leaving the future of the show to Fincher, saying, "At a minute he says he wants to make another one, I will be there per second." As for Netflix? In the work of the vulture in 2020, a company official simply said: "Maybe for five years." The clock jumps.

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