--- description: The best-selling author's debut novel, Sharp Objects, is being made into a television series title: 'Sharp Objects' By 'Gone Girl' Writer Gillian Flynn Wil Be A TV Show image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbcabb48351519848/69869b07cd804d7890ccbda5/www-randomhouse-com.jpeg?branch=production&width=640&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _Gone Girl_ Writer's First Novel Is Heading to TV by [Megan Gibson](/author/megan-gibson/) ## Megan Gibson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 9, 2014 2:03 PM CUT  Random House by [Megan Gibson](/author/megan-gibson/) ## Megan Gibson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 9, 2014 2:03 PM CUT As the world waits with bated breath for the big-screen adaptation of _Gone Girl,_ which hits theaters in October, Gillian Flynn fans just got something else to look forward to: The best-selling author’s debut novel is heading to the [small screen](http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/07/08/gillian-flynn-sharp-objects/ "undefined"). [_Entertainment Weekly_](http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/07/08/gillian-flynn-sharp-objects/ "undefined")[ reports](http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/07/08/gillian-flynn-sharp-objects/ "undefined") that Entertainment One Television is in the process of adapting Flynn’s novel, _Sharp Objects_, into a one-hour serialized drama. The 2006 novel is a dark, psychological thriller in the vein of _Gone Girl_, about a journalist who is sent back to her home town in Missouri to report on the murders of two young girls. Flynn has signed on to executive produce the show, along with Jason Blum and Charles Layton, which is bound to make fans happy. Also a good sign is the fact that _Buffy the Vampire Slayer’_s Marti Noxon has agreed to write the script and will also serve as the series’ showrunner. And let’s not forget that Flynn’s second novel, 2009’s _Dark Places_, is also being made into a film starring Charlize Theron. It will open in theaters on Sept. 1\. All around, it’s a good year for Flynn — and her fans. \[[_EW_](http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/07/08/gillian-flynn-sharp-objects/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2969455/gillian-flynn-sharp-objects-gone-girl-tv/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2969455/gillian-flynn-sharp-objects-gone-girl-tv/"},"headline":"Gone Girl Writer's First Novel Is Heading to TV","datePublished":"2014-07-09T14:03:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:02:28.930Z","description":"The best-selling author's debut novel, Sharp Objects, is being made into a television series","url":"https://time.com/2969455/gillian-flynn-sharp-objects-gone-girl-tv/","keywords":["Television","gone girl","Gillian Flynn","adaptation"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbcabb48351519848/69869b07cd804d7890ccbda5/www-randomhouse-com.jpeg?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/bltbcabb48351519848/69869b07cd804d7890ccbda5/www-randomhouse-com.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"www.randomhouse.com","caption":"","creditText":"Random House","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":"https://time.com/2969455/gillian-flynn-sharp-objects-gone-girl-tv/","name":"Gone Girl Writer's First Novel Is Heading to TV"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Gone Girl - Trailer","description":"GONE GIRL - Official Trailer #2 (2014) [HD] Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/qBDFWhdd/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-07-07T15:53:59.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/qBDFWhdd.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/2969455/gillian-flynn-sharp-objects-gone-girl-tv/","duration":"PT2M33S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/2969455/gillian-flynn-sharp-objects-gone-girl-tv/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```