Fincher's take on J.K. Rowling's beloved fantasy series would have been closer to "Withnail and I" than the movies that ultimately materialized.

David Fincher is adding his name to the long list of filmmakers who considered journeying to Hogwarts. That's right — the man that put Gwyneth Paltrow's head in a box and recreated the movements of a serial killer in Zodiac nearly took a stab at an early Harry Potter movie a.

Over his more than 35-year career as a filmmaker, director David Fincher's name has been attached to many projects that later changed hands or otherwise never came to fruition. The list, which includes two sequels to "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,