Netflix has picked up David Fincher and Charlize Theron's "Mindhunter."

The show was originally pitched to HBO, who passed on it six years ago. Now Netflix has decided to scoop it up, according to Variety.

Fincher and Theron will be executive producing the true-crime drama, which is based on the 1996 book "Mind Hunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit" by John Douglas and Mark Olshaker.

The book delves into the profiling techniques Douglas utilized to track down serial killers and rapists for the FBI over his 25-year career. Some of Douglas' most high profiles cases included the man who hunted prostitutes in Alaska, the Atlanta child murderer and Seattle's Green River killer.

Several of Douglas' real life experiences as an agent have inspired fictional characters, such as Jack Crawford in "The Silence of the Lambs," Will Graham in the TV show "Hannibal," and Jason Gideon of "Criminal Minds."

At first, "Dexter" showrunner Scott Buck was hired to write the script, but he was rerouted to work on another upcoming Netflix show, Marvel's "Iron Fist" series. As of right now, screenwriter Joe Penhall has been chosen to take over script writing duties.

This will be Fincher's second Netflix series, as he also helped launch their popular political drama "House of Cards." He will be directing the pilot for the new series. However, it's uncertain whether he'll hand off the show to other creatives after that, as he did with "House of Cards."

Fincher hasn't had the best luck this year. He pitched the projects "Video Synchronicity" and "Utopia" to HBO, but both were rejected due to production issues.

Fincher is known for his directing work on films such as "Fight Club," "Se7en," "Gone Girl" and "The Social Network."

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