Earlier this year, David Fincher announced he may direct a film adaptation of Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl. Since then, it seems almost certain that he would indeed do so — he's rewriting an early draft of a screenplay written by Flynn — leaving only the cast to be announced.
Today various sources are indicating that Ben Affleck will be the male lead … if scheduling details can be worked out. He will play Nick Dunne — see more details about the book, below — whose wife disappears … and the police believe he had something to do with it. The role of the titular wife was thought to be going to Reese Witherspoon — her company is producing the film — but apparently that seems unlikely now.
Affleck's next project was expected to be an adaptation of Dennis Lehane's Live By Night, a film in which he would both star and direct that may need to be pushed back by a couple of months if he agrees — and the studios involved go along — to Gone Girl.
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Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn
On a warm summer morning in North Carthage, Missouri, it is Nick and Amy Dunne's fifth wedding anniversary. Presents are being wrapped and reservations are being made when Nick's clever and beautiful wife disappears from their rented McMansion on the Mississippi River. Husband-of-the-Year Nick isn't doing himself any favors with cringe-worthy daydreams about the slope and shape of his wife's head, but passages from Amy's diary reveal the alpha-girl perfectionist could have put anyone dangerously on edge. Under mounting pressure from the police and the media — as well as Amy's fiercely doting parents — the town golden boy parades an endless series of lies, deceits, and inappropriate behavior. Nick is oddly evasive, and he's definitely bitter — but is he really a killer?
As the cops close in, every couple in town is soon wondering how well they know the one that they love. With his twin sister, Margo, at his side, Nick stands by his innocence. Trouble is, if Nick didn't do it, where is that beautiful wife? And what was in that silvery gift box hidden in the back of her bedroom closet?
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