David Fincher's The Killer Starring Michael Fassbender Gets First Trailer

David Fincher’s new film, The Killer, marks Michael Fassbender’s first return to the big screen since 2019’s X-Men Dark Phoenix.

Throughout the 2010s, Michael Fassbender starred in everything from the X-Men franchise, a film adaptation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Assassin’s Creed, and a Steve Jobs biopic. David Fincher’s The Killer will be the actor’s first film since 2019, and the first trailer shows Fassbender in all his ruthless glory.

Fassbender last appeared on the big screen in 2019’s X-Men: Dark Phoenix. Since he last portrayed Magneto, the actor has kept busy by driving race cars, currently racing in the European Le Mans Series. Now, with the first trailer being released on Netflix's YouTube, fans can get a taste of his performance in Fincher’s latest film. Based on the French graphic novel of the same name, The Killer follows an assassin who “battles his employers, and himself, on an international manhunt he insists isn’t personal.”

Fassbender made his feature film debut in 300, which was directed by Zack Snyder and starred Gerard Butler as Leonidas. He went on to appear in Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds, 2011’s Jane Eyre, and the David Cronenberg-directed A Dangerous Method (alongside Keira Knightley and Viggo Mortensen). He’s also appeared in shows like HBO’s Band of Brothers and the autobiographical documentary series Michael Fassbender: Road to Le Mans.

The Killer is not only Fassbender’s return. It is also the director’s first feature-length project since Mank. The 2020 film showed Hollywood in the 1930s, as Herman J. Mankiewicz rushed to finish Citizen Kane. The film received 10 Academy Award Nominations, including Best Picture. Since Mank, Fincher has continued to produce the animated anthology series Love Death + Robots, even directing one episode (“Bad Travelling”). The series was also recognized with several award nominations, and several episodes have won Emmy Awards. However, Fincher’s career isn’t just defined by his awards and nominations —although it’s certainly gilded with them— as he has been behind classic films like Se7en and Fight Club.

David Fincher Returns With The Killer

Fincher's return to feature-length films has been much anticipated, and The Killer is primed to be a must-watch.The film features a (no pun intended) killer cast. Aside from Fassbender, Tilda Swinton (Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City, The French Dispatch), Charles Parnell (Spiderhead, Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part 1), Arliss Howard (Full Metal Jacket), and Sophie Charlotte (Passport to Freedom) will also star.

Fassbender will also appear in Next Goal Wins, directed by Taika Waititi – who has directed the last two Thor films (Ragnarok and Love and Thunder), and stars in Our Flag Means Death as Blackbeard. The film will follow Dutch coach Thomas Rongen as he tries to coach the American Samoa soccer team to victory.

The Killer is set to release on September 3rd.