Are we over Gone Girl yet?
As much as I liked Gillian Flynn’s novel (and I was one of those who thought it was terrific) and the film based on Gone Girl (again, count me among the fans), I hope readers and viewers will focus on her other novels.
Such as Flynn’s 2006 Sharp Objects, which spent more than 70 weeks on the New York Times Best Sellers List and was nominated for an Edgar Award for best first novel by an American author.
An HBO series based on Sharp Objects currently is in pre-production and is scheduled to air sometime during 2017.
The eight episode series is being called a “high-profile drama series project” by HBO.
That description is pretty on the money.
And I have high hopes for the filmed version of Sharp Objects.
Amy Adams will star. Marti Noxon, who showed her skills with UnReal and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, is showrunner. Jean-Marc is the director—his previous projects included Wild and Dallas Buyers Club.
Flynn is writing the episodes.
According to imdb.com, Amy Adams was previously pursued to star in Flynn's Dark Places, but dropped out.
Here’s the plot of Sharp Objects, according to Flynn’s web site:
“Fresh from a brief stay at a psych hospital, reporter Camille Preaker faces a troubling assignment: she must return to her tiny hometown to cover the murders of two preteen girls. For years, Camille has hardly spoken to her neurotic, hypochondriac mother or to the half-sister she barely knows: a beautiful thirteen-year-old with an eerie grip on the town. Now, installed in her old bedroom in her family's Victorian mansion, Camille finds herself identifying with the young victims—a bit too strongly. Dogged by her own demons, she must unravel the psychological puzzle of her own past if she wants to get the story—and survive this homecoming.”
Get the popcorn ready.
