Breaking News: Director David Fincher to Bring FIGHT CLUB Rock Opera to the Stage

It's technically against the rules, but we're going to talk about FIGHT CLUB -- and this time, it's official. Mashable reports Chuck Palahniuk's long-gestating idea for a FIGHT CLUB musical will take the form of a rock opera based on the novel, directed by the 1999 film's helmer David Fincher. The end goal is Broadway, of course.

Fincher has secured the stage rights and Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor, who collaborated with Fincher on Gone Girl, The Social Network, and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, is working on the score.

Palahniuk previously told WSJ, "At the earliest it would be two years out. It's exciting, but it's also kind of in the very beginning, embryonic development." No word on whether that timeline has changed.

According to earlier reports, Fincher had also "been consulting with Julie Taymor" for the project. Also no updates on that front, but BWW will keep you in the know as we learn more!

FIGHT CLUB is an American film adapted from the 1996 novel of the same name by Palahniuk. The film was directed by Fincher and stars Edward Norton, Brad Pitt, and Helena Bonham Carter. Norton plays the unnamed protagonist, an "everyman" who is discontented with his white-collar job in American society. He forms a "fight club" with soap maker Tyler Durden, played by Pitt, and becomes embroiled in a relationship with him and a dissolute woman, Marla Singer, played by Carter.

Fincher is best known for his dark and stylish thrillers, such as Seven (1995), The Game (1997), Fight Club (1999), Panic Room (2002), Zodiac (2007), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), and, most recently, Gone Girl (2014). He received Academy Award nominations for his 2008 film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and 2011's The Social Network.

Palahniuk's other works include Invisible Monsters, Survivor, the New York Times best-setter Choke, and the upcoming story collection Make Something Up.

Now that the FIGHT CLUB team is shaping up, who would you like to see in the starring role? Tell us in the comments below!