David Fincher believes that his new movie The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo will not be nominated for as Oscar because of the explicit content that it contains.
Fincher is back in the director's chair at the end of the year with his American remake of the hit novel by Stieg Larsson.
The trailer promises that the movie will be a dark affair and the content of the film may work against it when it comes to the awards season.
Speaking to Entertainment Weekly the filmmaker said: "There's too much anal rape in this movie [to get nominated].I think we're very safe."
Fincher was on the Oscar campaigning trail twelve months ago with The Social Network, which went on to be nominated for Best Picture, but the director calls the process a 'drain'
"It's an incredible drain - a cosmic drain," Fincher revealed, "because you have to be on your best behaviour.
"Every little weird facial tic that you may already have is now going to come under weird scrutiny on f**king YouTube."
Fincher has assembled an impressive cast for The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo with Rooney Mara and Daniel Craig taking over the central roles.
They are supported by Christopher Plummer, Robin Wright and Stellan Skarsgård.
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo is released 26th December.
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