So far, the adaptations of Gillian Flynn‘s novels have been distinctly hit or miss. David Fincher squeezed plenty of pulpy fun out of “Gone Girl,” while “Dark Places” was quietly released and forgotten about. Now, her debut book “Sharp Objects” is getting the limited series treatment, and the first look has arrived.
As you would expect from an HBO production, the talent is stacked on this one, with Jean-Marc Vallée (“Big Little Lies“) behind the camera, while Amy Adams leads the cast. Showrunner Marti Noxon (“Buffy The Vampire Slayer,” “Fright Night“) has co-written the series which follows a reporter who returns to her hometown to cover the killings of two young girls. Here’s the book synopsis:
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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.
It’s a great premise, and just like any good story, “Sharp Objects” is just as much about people in the tale, as the questions that need to be answered. “I was really nervous it would just turn into a horror movie and lose a lot of the nuance,” Flynn told EW. “The mystery is as much about who Camille is and what happened in this town as it is about the murders.”
“Sharp Objects” will drop on HBO next summer, and it won’t be all we’re getting from Flynn in 2018 — she also penned the script for Steve McQueen‘s upcoming “Widows.” 
