David Fincher Teaming with Chuck Palahniuk for FIGHT CLUB Rock Opera?

It's technically against the rules, but we're going to talk about FIGHT CLUB.

The Wall Street Journal writes that author Chuck Palahniuk's long-gestating idea for a FIGHT CLUB musical could finally be getting some traction. The FIGHT CLUB writer said he is in talks with the 1999 film's director David Fincher to create a rock opera based on the novel.

"At the earliest it would be two years out," Palahniuk told WSJ. "It's exciting, but it's also kind of in the very beginning, embryonic development."

Palahniuk added that Fincher is in the process of getting the stage rights and "has been consulting with Julie Taymor," while Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor is already working on the score.

"David says that every generation has had a rock opera since 'Tommy' and 'The Wall,' and Millennials just haven't had a rock opera. With David's background with music videos and with Trent Reznor doing the music, I don't think anyone could do it like David," Palahniuk said.

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.

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