{"id":36311,"date":"2023-08-29T16:50:49","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T14:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1880622"},"modified":"2023-08-30T03:54:03","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T01:54:03","slug":"the-killer-trailer-gives-first-look-at-michael-fassbenders-assassin","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/the-killer-trailer-gives-first-look-at-michael-fassbenders-assassin\/","title":{"rendered":"The Killer trailer gives first look at Michael Fassbender\u2019s assassin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> David Fincher&#8217;s new film is premiering at the Venice Film Festival this weekend. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Patrick Cremona\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Tuesday, 29 August 2023 at 14:50 PM<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>The explosive first trailer has been released for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/people\/david-fincher\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">David Fincher<\/a>\u2018s upcoming neo-noir thriller The Killer ahead of its premiere at the Venice Film Festival this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The intriguing teaser offers a first look at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/people\/michael-fassbender\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael Fassbender<\/a> as the titular assassin, who we hear muttering various rules to himself over a chilling montage showing him going about his deadly day job.<\/p>\n<p>His most repeated maxim is to \u201cstick to the plan\u201d while he also reminds himself to \u201cforbid empathy\u201d, \u201canticipate, don\u2019t improvise\u201d and \u201cfight only the bad that you\u2019ve been paid to fight\u201d.<\/p> <p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, we also see snippets of Fassbender\u2019s character preparing to fire a sniper rifle, boarding a plane, engaging in violent combat and participating in various other hitman-like activities.<\/p>\n<p>Intrigued? You can check out the extremely tense trailer in full below:<\/p>\n<iframe title=\"THE KILLER | Official Teaser Trailer | Netflix\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vs1epO_zLG8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/>\n<p>The Killer is based on a French graphic novel series of the same name by Alexis Nolent and Luc Jacamon, and is Fincher\u2019s first feature since the biographical drama <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/mank-true-story\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mank<\/a> in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>A brief synopsis reads: \u201cAfter a fateful near miss, an assassin battles his employers, and himself, on an international manhunt he insists isn\u2019t personal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fassbender \u2013 who is making his first film appearance since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/dark-phoenix-is-officially-the-worst-performing-x-men-film-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">X-Men: Dark Phoenix<\/a> in 2019 \u2013 is joined in the cast by Charles Parnell, Arliss Howard, Sophie Charlotte and Tilda Swinton.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"headline post-header__title post-header__title--headline-layout\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"heading-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/scifi\/fantastic-four-director-upcoming-reboot-exclusive-newsupdate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fantastic Four director on upcoming reboot: \u201cIt\u2019s gonna be fun\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"headline post-header__title post-header__title--headline-layout\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/the-blackening-director-wants-sequel-exclusive-newsupdate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Blackening director wants to start sequel \u2018sooner rather than later\u2019<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>The Killer will be released in select cinemas on 27th October 2023 and on Netflix on 3rd November 2023. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/gb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"1\">Sign up for Netflix from \u00a34.99 a month<\/a>. 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