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"David Fincher has attached himself to direct a film about American chess star Bobby Fischer, reports Variety. The Se7en and Zodiac filmmaker is on board Sony&amp;#039;s Pawn Sacrifice, which recounts Fischer&amp;#039;s world championship match against Boris Spassky. Tobey Maguire is producing the film and may take on the role of Fischer. Oscar-nominated Dirty Pretty Things screenwriter Steven Knight has penned the movie and Fincher could make it after he completes Sony&amp;#039;s Facebook project The Social Network. The director is also reportedly keen to helm an American remake of Swedish thriller The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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