Based on the true crime book of the same name, the show first launched on Netflix in 2017. Set in 1977, it followed FBI agents Holden Ford (Jonathan Groff) and Bill Tench (Holt McCallany) as they attempt to get inside the minds of a serial killer – a completely new brand of murderer at the time.
A second season was released in 2019, with the series soon gaining a strong fanbase. However, despite the show’s popularity, plans for a third season were put on hold by Netflix in 2020.
Earlier this year director, executive producer and showrunner David Fincher confirmed that it will not return for a third season.
But that didn’t stop fans setting up a petition calling for the show’s return at the time. It has now racked up 59,917 signatures.
Fincher said Mindhunter was “probably” done, adding: “Listen, for the viewership that it had, it was an expensive show.
“We talked about ‘Finish Mank and then see how you feel,’ but I honestly don’t think we’re going to be able to do it for less than I did season two. And on some level, you have to be realistic about dollars have to equal eyeballs.”
In April, however, reports emerged that Fincher was in talks with Netflix to bring the series back.
“All I can really tell you about Mindhunter is that conversations between Netflix and Fincher are ongoing. They are discussing the possibility of bringing the show back for a third season,” sources close to Netflix told SmallScreen.
“It’s still very early days, but Fincher sounds more upbeat about the project.”
Last week, speculation was rife that a Mindhunter announcement was imminent after a tease from Netflix, before it was confirmed that Fincher was actually releasing a new documentary series called Voir.
The show is described as “a new documentary series of visual essays celebrating cinema, from the mind of one of film’s modern masters.”
Alongside Voir, Fincher is lining up an assassin drama with Michael Fassbender called The Killer, and is also working on a miniseries based around ‘cancel culture’.
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