Amanda Seyfried (The Art of Racing in the Rain, Mamma Mia!) has been cast in David Fincher’s Mank, the upcoming biopic about newspaper reporter turned screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz, Variety has confirmed.
Now, with a script written by his father, for newspaper writer Jack Fincher, the project has found a home on Netflix.
Gary Oldman was previously announced to play Mankiewicz in the project.
Widely considered to be one of the greatest films of all time, it gave Mankiewicz quite the influence in the golden age of Hollywood.