
The future of Mindhunter was looking very grim, but there has remained hope with fans that the series would one day return.

And on some level, you have to be realistic - dollars have to equal eyeballs." We talked about, 'Finish Mank and then see how you feel,' but I honestly don't think we're going to be able to do it for less than I did season 2. Suggesting that the series was also expensive to film, the filmmaker added: ""Listen, for the viewership that it had, it was a very expensive show.
Of living in the Pittsburgh-shot series, Fincher said: "We lived there for almost three year.

Directed by Fincher, Mank was nominated for ten Academy Awards, including Best Director for Fincher and Best Picture.įincher previously spoke about how taxing the series was for him to be a part of in an interview with Vulture in October. David Fincher has also signed a four-year development deal with Netflix, and his relationship was further strengthened with the streamer after the success of the Netflix Original Mank. Things have apparently changed over the past year, as Small Screen reports that Fincher and Netflix are back in talks for a third season of Mindhunter. For all intents and purposes, it started to look like the show would conclude with a two-season run with no indication that Netflix would ever revive the series. With uncertainty over the future of the series, Netflix also put Mindhunter on hold indefinitely. In January 2020, things were looking bad for the show after Netflix released series' leads Jonathan Groff, Holt McCallany, and Anna Torv from their contracts.

The series found even greater fame when its second season premiered in 2019, and there are a lot of people hoping to see the show come back to the streamer for more new episodes. Created by Joe Penhall and executive produced by David Fincher, the popular crime drama series debuted with its first season on Netflix in 2017. Mindhunter season 3 is closer than ever to becoming a reality.
