“Sharp Objects” another popular novel from Gillian Flynn is heading to the small screen with a television adaptation in the works. Entertainment One and producers Marti Noxon and Jason Blum’s Blumhouse will bring the novel to series. Flynn will serve as executive producer.
The novel was originally published in 2006. It centers on a reported named Camille Preaker – fresh from a brief stay at a psych hospital — who 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.
Noxon will be showrunner as well as writing the script. Charles Layton is also on board as exec producer. eOne CEO John Morayniss and exec vp scripted Michael Rosenberg will oversee for the company, which will handle worldwide distribution rights.
Flynn is most known for her novel “Gone Girl” which has been adapted into film starring Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike.
