David Fincher's Mank recreates 1930s Hollywood through the eyes of scathing wit and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish Citizen Kane. Starring Gary Oldman as Mankiewicz, Amanda Seyfried as Marion Davies, Charles Dance as William Randolph Hearst and Tom Burke as Orson Welles.

Jack Fincher (1930 - 2003) was a screenwriter and journalist for various magazines and periodicals, notably serving as San Francisco Bureau Chief of Life magazine. He was the father of film director David Fincher.