Andrew Kevin Walker

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q505689: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as other. The films the hosts said they were tied to, which the two lists below run through too: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011); Gone Girl (2014); 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (unmade). Count them as writer (7 films), actor (2 films) instead.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

A Simple Plan (1998): 1 line

lineage (adaptation model) · through Gone Girl (2014), which they were tied to as named as a Fincher writer he did not bring in: A Simple Plan ⇒ Gone Girl (the maker said so). Flynn used A Simple Plan as her model for adapting her own novel, then worried she could not match it.
“And she said, so I tried to use that as a model and then I freaked myself out because I was like, well, this is too good. I won't do this well.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 0:36:35 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Alex Cross: 1 line

people (led to casting) · through Gone Girl (2014), which they were tied to as named as a Fincher writer he did not bring in: Alex Cross ⇒ Gone Girl (the host's read). Perry's turn in Alex Cross is given as the reason Fincher cast him as Tanner Bolt.
“Well, that's why Fisher cast him in this.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 2:09:35 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Blue Velvet (1986): 1 line

unmapped (quoted line) · through The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), which they were tied to as wrote a sequel script (not made): Blue Velvet ⇒ The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (the host's read). The fuck-you-you-fucking-fuck shirt is believed to originate from Dennis Hopper's line in Blue Velvet.
“Hopper says that in blue velvet.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with Fran Hoepfner (Ad-Free) · 1:24:04 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn novel): 1 line

lineage (adaptation) · through Gone Girl (2014), which they were tied to as named as a Fincher writer he did not bring in: Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn novel) ⇒ Gone Girl (the host's read). The film adapts Flynn's novel, and the first-person diary trickery was the open question about how it would work on screen.
“Because it is such like a little fun piece of 1st person narration trickery.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 0:34:23 · Esther Zuckerman (0.70 sure it was them)

Lolita (1962): 1 line

theme (character type (Desi)) · through Gone Girl (2014), which they were tied to as named as a Fincher writer he did not bring in: Lolita ⇒ Gone Girl (the maker said so: In the commentary). On the commentary Fincher says he wanted a Claire Quilty type for Desi and found it in Neil Patrick Harris.
“Fincher said he wanted a Claire quilty type and he's like, what's a modern Claire quilty type?”
Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 2:18:15 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Reese Witherspoon: 1 line

lineage (originated the project) · through Gone Girl (2014), which they were tied to as named as a Fincher writer he did not bring in: Reese Witherspoon ⇒ Gone Girl (the host's read). Witherspoon took the book and had the idea of bringing Fincher on board.
“takes this book, has the smart idea, bring Fincher on board.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 0:20:39 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Steven Soderbergh: 1 line

unmapped (nod to a friend) · through Gone Girl (2014), which they were tied to as named as a Fincher writer he did not bring in: Steven Soderbergh ⇒ Gone Girl (the maker said so). Fincher put Soderbergh's Singani 63 in the film as a nod to his buddy and let him pick the scene.
“Fincher wanted to put it in the movie, as a nod to his buddy, Sudi, and said, uh, you can pick the scene where you want it applied.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 2:25:53 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Stieg Larsson: 1 line

lineage (adaptation) · through The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), which they were tied to as wrote a sequel script (not made): Stieg Larsson ⇒ The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (the host's read). The film is Zaillian's abridged adaptation of Larsson's novel, which loses nothing major.
“I think this is an excellent piece of adaptation that does not really, like, skip anything major.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with Fran Hoepfner (Ad-Free) · 0:49:09 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Sven Nykvist: 1 line

craft (visual reference) · through The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), which they were tied to as wrote a sequel script (not made): Sven Nykvist ⇒ The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (the maker said so). Someone on the shoot (Fincher, or the DP by the garbled name) wanted a Sven Nykvist look: warm fires, cold rooms.
“I wanted to do a whole Sven Nikfist thing”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with Fran Hoepfner (Ad-Free) · 1:11:05 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011): 1 line, within their own work

people (casting approach) · through Gone Girl (2014), which they were tied to as named as a Fincher writer he did not bring in: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo ⇒ Gone Girl (the host's read). The speaker thinks Fincher's exhaustive casting search on Dragon Tattoo informed how he cast Amy with someone new to the audience.
“that exhaustive casting search, which I do think informs the way he approaches Amy going into this movie as well”
Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 0:55:22 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Swedish, 2009) (2009): 1 line

lineage (remake) · through The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), which they were tied to as wrote a sequel script (not made): The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Swedish, 2009) ⇒ The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (the host's read). The Fincher film is the American remake of the Swedish original; its director says he was not worried.
“Everyone who loves film will go see the original.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with Fran Hoepfner (Ad-Free) · 0:54:19 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

The Social Network (2010): 1 line

people (casting led to) · through The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), which they were tied to as wrote a sequel script (not made): The Social Network ⇒ The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (the host's read). Pascal saw the dailies from The Social Network and picked Rooney Mara for Lisbeth Salander.
“Pascal basically sees the dailies from this movie and is like, Rooney Morris, Elizabeth Salander.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:59:02 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016): 1 line

people (led to casting) · through Gone Girl (2014), which they were tied to as named as a Fincher writer he did not bring in: Gone Girl ⇒ Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (the host's read). While making Gone Girl, Affleck reportedly joked to his agent that he needed a heroic-chin movie after the evil-chin one.
“the joke was the chin things in the script, he calls up his agent, while making Gone Girl, and says, like, I'm doing the evil chin movie now, you got to find me a heroic chin movie.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 1:06:28 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Gone Girl (2014): 1 line, within their own work

people (casting approach) · through The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), which they were tied to as wrote a sequel script (not made): The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo ⇒ Gone Girl (the host's read). The speaker thinks Fincher's exhaustive casting search on Dragon Tattoo informed how he cast Amy with someone new to the audience.
“that exhaustive casting search, which I do think informs the way he approaches Amy going into this movie as well”
Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 0:55:22 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

The Killer (2023): 1 line

unmapped (idea credit) · them, directly: Andrew Kevin Walker ⇒ The Killer (the maker said so). Fincher credits Walker with the contemporary consumerist and technology angle of the film.
“Walker with the sort of like contemporary consumerist angle that this movie has, right?”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Killer with Marie Bardi (Ad-Free) · 0:47:20 · unknown (host) (0.30 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

What was said about them, by kind

career (2)

career (career): Andrew Kevin Walker → Tower Records (his job). Walker wrote Se7en over two years while working at Tower Records.
“The writer, Andrew Kevin Walker, who wrote this movie over a two-year period while working at Tower Records.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:33:34 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
career (career): Andrew Kevin Walker → 8mm. Walker followed Se7en with 8mm; the speakers call it his Casino, a 98-out-of-100 version.
“I feel like 8 millimeter is Andrew Kevin Walker's casino.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:34:26 · Bill Simmons (0.65 sure it was them)

people (4)

people (people): Andrew Kevin Walker → Seven. The Panic Room neighbor actor is the writer of Se7en.
“And did you know that the guy who plays the neighbor is Andrew Kevin Walker, a guy who wrote seven?”
The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:32:43 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
people (unmade collaboration): Andrew Kevin Walker → 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (unmade). Walker also worked on Fincher's 20,000 Leagues that never happened.
“worked on Fincher Fincher's 20,000 Leagues Under the C movie that never happened.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Killer with Marie Bardi (Ad-Free) · 0:46:09 · unknown (host) (0.30 sure it was them)
people (cameo): Andrew Kevin Walker → Panic Room. The writer of Seven plays the sleepy neighbor who closes his blinds.
“Andrew Kevin Walker, the writer of seven, plays the sleepy neighbor.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Panic Room with Eva Anderson (Ad-Free) · 2:13:46 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
people (shared writer): Andrew Kevin Walker → The Killer. Walker wrote Se7en and is the screenwriter of Fincher's new film The Killer.
“Also in Andrew Kevin Walker's script, right?”
Blank Check — Patreon · Se7en with Mike Mitchell & Nick Wiger (Ad-Free) · 2:38:14 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

theme (1)

theme (recurring motif): Andrew Kevin Walker → Fight Club. Walker brought a similar modern-tech angle (name tags) to Fight Club.
“I think he had some of that in fight club too”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Killer with Marie Bardi (Ad-Free) · 0:48:38 · unknown (host) (0.30 sure it was them)

unmapped (7)

unmapped (name joke): Andrew Kevin Walker → Panic Room. The cops in Panic Room were all named after Walker.
“One the cops were all named after him.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Killer with Marie Bardi (Ad-Free) · 0:46:06 · unknown (host) (0.30 sure it was them)
unmapped (idea credit): Andrew Kevin Walker → The Killer. Fincher credits Walker with the contemporary consumerist and technology angle of the film.
“Walker with the sort of like contemporary consumerist angle that this movie has, right?”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Killer with Marie Bardi (Ad-Free) · 0:47:20 · unknown (host) (0.30 sure it was them)
unmapped (screenwriter): Andrew Kevin Walker → Seven. Walker is named as the writer of Seven.
“Andrew Kevin Walker, the writer of seven, plays the sleepy neighbor.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Panic Room with Eva Anderson (Ad-Free) · 2:13:46 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
unmapped (screenwriter): Andrew Kevin Walker → The Killer. A host says Walker wrote the new Killer, and others note the graphic novel is a cool thing to adapt.
“He wrote the killer.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Panic Room with Eva Anderson (Ad-Free) · 2:14:04 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
unmapped (script polish): Andrew Kevin Walker → Fight Club. Walker polished the script, as he did with The Game.
“Andrew Kevin Walker, polish.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Fight Club with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:14:16 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
unmapped (script polish): Andrew Kevin Walker → The Game. Walker's polish pass on Fight Club is compared to the polish he did on The Game.
“As he did with the game.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Fight Club with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:14:18 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
unmapped (script doctor): Andrew Kevin Walker → The Game. Fincher brought in the writer of Se7en to fix the script.
“Andrew Kevin Walker, the writer of seven.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:44:09 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

fun, about Andrew Kevin Walker: The neighbor in Panic Room is played by Andrew Kevin Walker, the writer of Se7en.
“And did you know that the guy who plays the neighbor is Andrew Kevin Walker, a guy who wrote seven?”
The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:32:43 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
fun, about Andrew Kevin Walker: Walker wrote Se7en over two years while working at Tower Records and plays the first dead guy in prosthetics.
“He does have a cameo at the beginning.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:33:57 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
fun, about Andrew Kevin Walker: Fincher's 2008 approach to Walker: backstory is overrated.
“He's like, I think backstory is overrated.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Killer with Marie Bardi (Ad-Free) · 0:14:43 · David Sims (0.55 sure it was them)
fun, about Andrew Kevin Walker: Fincher pitched Walker a five-chapter plan for The Killer in 2008, nothing happened for ten years, then in 2018 he recited it back word for word and said he was set up at Netflix. Walker told this at the Q&A.
“And then 2018, he goes, do you remember that killer thing?”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Killer with Marie Bardi (Ad-Free) · 0:15:39 · David Sims (0.55 sure it was them)
fun, about Andrew Kevin Walker: The writer of Seven plays the sleepy neighbor who closes his blinds on the Morse code signal.
“Andrew Kevin Walker, the writer of seven, plays the sleepy neighbor.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Panic Room with Eva Anderson (Ad-Free) · 2:13:46 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
fun, about Andrew Kevin Walker: Walker wrote the spec while working at Tower Records.
“He worked at Tower Records.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Se7en with Mike Mitchell & Nick Wiger (Ad-Free) · 0:34:24 · Griffin Newman or David Sims (reading the dossier) (0.40 sure it was them)