/Film is reporting that David Fincher will be adapting the Max Ehrlich novel The Reincarnation of Peter Proud. Production for this movie would start once Fincher completes his latest work based off the creation of Facebook, The Social Network. The script for ‘Peter Proud’ has been written by previous Fincher collaborator, Andrew Kevin Walker, who worked with him on Se7en. The novel was previously adapted in 1975 written by Ehrlich himself.
The novel is about a college professor who starts to have dreams and nightmares at a constant and alarming rate. In time, he realizes these are not dreams but memories of a past life.
The premise sounds like a typical David Fincher movie. One that consists of a person who has a slow realization of themselves while trying to reach a seemingly impossible goal. In Fincher’s hands I have no worries about how this film will turn out. Yet, it seems a bit similar to another piece. ‘The Reincarnation of Peter Proud’ and ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’ already seem awfully close, even when excluding the titles.
Do you think David Fincher is getting dry and rehashing ideas?