--- description: Gillian Flynn will join a host of internationally acclaimed authors who are reimagining the works of Shakespeare when she tackles Hamlet title: "Gone Girl" writer Gillian Flynn will reimagine "Hamlet" image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd66539461eca444e/6986956ad0b6f28789304a4b/129887022.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Books](/tag/books/) ## Books Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _Gone Girl_ Writer Gillian Flynn Will Reimagine _Hamlet_ by [Megan Gibson](/author/megan-gibson/) ## Megan Gibson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 30, 2014 12:17 PM CUT  Gillian Flynn attends the 2011 Chicago Public Library Foundation and Chicago Public Library gala benefit awards dinner at the University of Illinois at Chicago Forum on October 20, 2011 in Chicago, Illinois. Gillian Flynn attends the 2011 Chicago Public Library Foundation and Chicago Public Library gala benefit awards dinner at the University of Illinois at Chicago Forum on October 20, 2011 in Chicago, Illinois.Daniel Boczarski--Getty Images by [Megan Gibson](/author/megan-gibson/) ## Megan Gibson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 30, 2014 12:17 PM CUT Can _Hamlet_ get any darker? Probably, after it gets the [_Gone Girl_ treatment](http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/girl-author-write-hamlet-adaptation-article-1.1810496 "undefined"). Best-selling author Gillian Flynn has just signed on to write a reimagined version of _Hamlet_ aimed at modern audiences — the very ones who soaked up her twisted, marriage-from-hell thriller. Flynn’s _Hamlet_ will be part of the Hogarth Shakespeare series, an international publishing initiative across the Penguin Random House Group, which will release modern retellings of Shakespeare by the likes of internationally renowned authors. Flynn is just the latest writer to join the project, which has already signed on Margaret Atwood (_The Tempest_), Jo Nesbo (_Macbeth_) and Anne Tyler (_The Taming of the Shrew_), among others. The series is set to launch in 2016 to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death. There’s no word yet on exactly when Flynn’s _Hamlet_ will be published, but we’re already dying to hear Ophelia’s version of the famous “Cool Girl” rant. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2797087/gone-girl-gillian-flynn-hamlet/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2797087/gone-girl-gillian-flynn-hamlet/"},"headline":"Gone Girl Writer Gillian Flynn Will Reimagine Hamlet","datePublished":"2014-05-30T12:17:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:07:35.898Z","description":"The best-selling thriller writer will join a host of internationally acclaimed authors -- including Margaret Atwood and Jo Nesbo -- who are reimagining the works of Shakespeare","url":"https://time.com/2797087/gone-girl-gillian-flynn-hamlet/","keywords":["Books","Shakespeare","drama","gone girl","Gillian Flynn"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd66539461eca444e/6986956ad0b6f28789304a4b/129887022.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan Gibson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/megan-gibson/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd66539461eca444e/6986956ad0b6f28789304a4b/129887022.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2011 Chicago Public Library Foundation And Chicago Public Library Gala Benefit Awards Dinner","caption":"2011 Chicago Public Library Foundation And Chicago Public Library Gala Benefit Awards Dinner","creditText":"Daniel Boczarski--Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/books/","name":"Books"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2797087/gone-girl-gillian-flynn-hamlet/","name":"Gone Girl Writer Gillian Flynn Will Reimagine Hamlet"}}]}] ```