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===''The Black Dahlia''===
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As early as 1998, Fincher had shown interest in developing [[James Ellroy]]'s ''[[The Black Dahlia (novel)|The Black Dahlia]]'' as a directing vehicle.<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Variety Staff|url=https://variety.com/1998/voices/columns/fincher-pinches-dahlia-cruise-eyes-451-1117468128/|title=Fincher pinches 'Dahlia'; Cruise eyes '451'|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=February 25, 1998|access-date=April 1, 2025}}</ref> Eventually, in the 2000s, he planned to adapt ''The Black Dahlia'' into a five-part [[HBO]] miniseries budgeted at $80 million that would star [[Tom Cruise]]. However, [[Brian De Palma]] ultimately directed a [[The Black Dahlia (film)|film version of the book]] in 2006.<ref>[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-feb-28-et-zodiac28-story.html 2 men, 1 obsession: the quest for justice]</ref><ref>[https://www.indiewire.com/2014/09/david-fincher-james-ellroy-plotting-1950s-noir-series-for-hbo-272728/ David Fincher & James Ellroy Plotting 1950s Noir Series For HBO]</ref> In 2013, a graphic novel adaptation was published with Fincher credited for adapting the story.<ref>{{cite news |last=Brown |first=Tracy |title=Matz and David Fincher's 'The Black Dahlia' adaptation to be released in English |url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/herocomplex/la-et-hc-matz-david-fincher-the-black-dahlia-graphic-novel-20160301-htmlstory.html |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=31 July 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160608075412/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/herocomplex/la-et-hc-matz-david-fincher-the-black-dahlia-graphic-novel-20160301-htmlstory.html |archive-date=8 June 2016 |url-status=live |date=2 March 2016}}</ref>