Which is at odds with Fincher directing Fight Club, which he did for Fox 2000 in 1999. There'd have to be some kind of communication happening all through the development of that film.
I sometimes wonder if Fincher continually denies association with 'ALIEN 3' and Fox just for the notoriety value it generates. He's never denied it to the point of having his name removed from the credits. We've never seen Alan Smithee's name stamped upon any release of the film.
It's always had David Fincher credited as Director.
-Windebieste.