Tim Burton is returning to the same kind of 50s influenced sci-fi which brought us Mars Attacks! to direct a remake of Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman, which will be written by Gone Girl‘s Gillian Flynn. According to Deadline Warner Bros. are looking to capitalise on the success of their female-empowerment fable Barbie with […]
HBO adapting Gillian Flynn’s Dark Places into miniseries
A new adaptation of author Gillian Flynn’s 2009 novel Dark Places is in development at HBO as a miniseries, according to Variety. Dark Places will be developed by Flynn, Brett Johnson and Guerrin Gardner who will all serve as the creators, showrunners and writers of the miniseries. The synopsis reads: Libby Day was seven when her mother […]
Rainn Wilson joins Amazon’s Utopia
Rainn Wilson (The Office) has joined Amazon’s upcoming thriller series Utopia. He’ll star alongside Sasha Lane (Hellboy) in the series, which is an adaptation of the British series of the same name from Gone Girl author Gillian Flynn. Utopia follows a group of young adults who meet online that are mercilessly hunted by a shadowy deep state organization after […]
Steve McQueen’s Widows to shoot in September
Back in 2014 it was announced that 12 Years a Slave director Steve McQueen would be teaming up with Gone Girl author Gillian Flynn for an adaptation of the 1980s British TV series Widows, and now My Entertainment World is reporting that the crime drama will start shooting in September. Created by Lynda La Plante […]
Amy Adams-starring Sharp Objects heading to HBO
HBO has acquired the rights to upcoming television series Sharp Objects, an adaptation of the novel by Gone Girl writer Gillian Flynn, Deadline reports. The show has been set as a straight-to-series order and sees Amy Adams (American Hustle) star as the lead. Author Flynn is on board the project as writer with Dallas Buyers Club and Wild […]
Strangers on a Train remake on hold, Gillian Flynn says “we’ll see”
After the massive success of the film adaptation of her best-selling novel Gone Girl last year, author Gillian Flynn is in hot demand. Another of her stories, Dark Places, is set for release later this month in the US, but one project on her horizon has been put on the backburner. Flynn and Gone Girl […]
