The very first teaser trailer for David Fincher's Hollywood Golden Age period piece, Mank, has come sledding in. (Spoiler?) The director's first film since 2014's Gone Girl, Mank follows the writer behind Orson Welles's classic Citizen Kane, the man who clacked out `Rosebud` on a typewriter himself, Herman Mankiewicz (played by Gary Oldman). A judgy alcoholic, Mankiewicz `races to finish the screenplay.`

In gleaming black-and-white and in a cloud of cigar smoke, the social critic attempts to put William Hearst's life into focus without putting a target on his back. Welles is played by The Souvenir's Tom Burke. Amanda Seyfried plays the doe-eyed actress Marion Davies, William Hearst's mistress, whom Charles Foster Kane's second wife was allegedly based on.



Welles is played by The Souvenir's Tom Burke. Amanda Seyfried plays the doe-eyed actress Marion Davies, William Hearst's mistress, whom Charles Foster Kane's second wife was allegedly based on. Emily in Paris star Lily Collins goes Hollywood, playing Mankiewicz's secretary Rita Alexander.

Given the state of movies this year, Mank very well may out-Citizen Kane Citizen Kane. Mank is anticipated in select theaters this November and on Netflix December 4, 2020.