Netflix puts David Fincher’s Mindhunter on indefinite hold

January 16th 2020, 4:14am

Last Updated on July 30, 2021

Season 2 of Netflix and David Fincher's stellar serial killer series MINDHUNTER hit the streaming giant last year. And today we're hearing that the third season has been put on indefinite hold and the main cast Jonathan Groff, Holt McCallany and Anna Torv have been released from their contracts.

But the show has not been canceled.

Netflix rep said in a statement:

David is focused on directing his first Netflix film Mank and on producing the second season of Love, Death, and Robots. He may revisit Mindhunter again in the future, but in the meantime felt it wasn’t fair to the actors to hold them from seeking other work while he was exploring new work of his own.

For those of you out there that haven't had the pleasure of binge-watching the second season yet, it centers on The Atlanta Child Murders, a series of killings that left 28 African-American children, teenagers, and adults killed between 1979-1981. Meanwhile, the first season followed this synopsis:

Catching a criminal often requires the authorities to get inside the villain's mind to figure out how he thinks. That's the job of FBI agents Holden Ford and Bill Tench. They attempt to understand and catch serial killers by studying their damaged psyches. Along the way, the agents pioneer the development of modern serial-killer profiling. The crime drama has a strong pedigree behind the camera, with Oscar-nominated director David Fincher and Oscar-winning actress Charlize Theron among the show's executive producers.

Season 2 consists of nine episodes with Fincher directing the first three. Andrew Dominik and Carl Franklin helm the other episodes. MINDHUNTER SEASON 2 is NOW STREAMING over on Netflix. Have you watched MINDHUNTER Season 2 yet? Let us know what you thought below!