One of the greatest films of the decade is heading to the small screen. As first reported by Deadline, Netflix has closed deals with Robert Towne and David Fincher to work up a pilot script for a prequel to the 1974 classic Chinatown.
Fincher will be executive producer along with Towne and Josh Donen.
The idea behind the prequel series would be to focus on a young Jake Gittes (played in the film by Jack Nicholson) as he plies his business in a town where the wealthy and corruption involves areas like land, oil and gangs.
Netflix hopes that along with executive producing, that Fincher might direct the pilot, but that is not part of the deal which at this point covers a pilot script. Roman Polanski directed the original film and the late Robert Evans produced it.
