--- description: 'Gone Girl' fans rejoice title: David Fincher, Gillian Flynn and Ben Affleck Are Remaking Hitchcock's 'Strangers on a Train' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt00410a25096318c0/698779b7428a9e0d00cc68ee/fincher-flynn-affleck.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 * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # David Fincher, Gillian Flynn and Ben Affleck Are Remaking Hitchcock's _Strangers on a Train_  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Jan 13, 2015 10:25 PM CUT  From left: David Fincher, Gillian Flynn, Ben Affleck From left: David Fincher, Gillian Flynn, Ben AffleckGetty Images (3)  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Jan 13, 2015 10:25 PM CUT As a rule, the works of great directors like Alfred Hitchcock ought not be touched. But if there is anyone who could potentially pull of a solid Hitchcock remake, it’s the team behind _Gone Girl_. David Fincher, Ben Affleck and Gillian Flynn are teaming up to remake the Master of Suspense’s _Strangers on a Train_ for Warner Bros., [according to](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/david-fincher-ben-affleck-gillian-763366?utm%5Fsource=Sailthru&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fterm=hollywoodreporter%5Fbreakingnews&utm%5Fcampaign=THR%20Breaking%20News%5Fnow%5F2015-01-13%2011%3A37%3A33%5Fehayden "undefined") _The Hollywood Reporter_. The original 1951 film was a Hitchcock adaptation of a Patricia Highsmith novel that followed a tennis star (played by Farley Granger) who meets a charming psychopath. Affleck would take on Granger’s role with Fincher directing and Flynn penning the script. _Strangers_ (as the working project has been dubbed) is the third collaboration for Fincher and Flynn. After Flynn adapted her own novel _Gone Girl_ for a Fincher-directed film starring Affleck, the writer and director teamed up again for the upcoming HBO show _Utopia._ So far it seems to be a match made in heaven: _Gone Girl_ earned a whopping $365.3 million worldwide, Fincher’s highest-grossing film to date. Still, Hitchcock had a very specific, eerie style and remakes of his films have not fared too well in the past. Remember that 1998 version of [_Psycho_](http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/psycho-1998 "undefined")? Vince Vaughn and Gus Van Sant probably wish you didn’t. Flynn and Fincher’s take on Hitchcock will almost certainly prove better than Michael Bay’s upcoming [remake](http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/mar/13/michael-bay-alfred-hitchcock-birds-remake "undefined") of _The Birds_. **MORE:** [Is _Gone Girl_ Feminist or Misogynist?](http://time.com/3472314/gone-girl-movie-book-feminist-misogynist/ "undefined") \[[_THR_](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/david-fincher-ben-affleck-gillian-763366?utm%5Fsource=Sailthru&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fterm=hollywoodreporter%5Fbreakingnews&utm%5Fcampaign=THR%20Breaking%20News%5Fnow%5F2015-01-13%2011%3A37%3A33%5Fehayden "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3666343/david-fincher-gillian-flynn-ben-affleck-remake-alfred-hitchcock/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3666343/david-fincher-gillian-flynn-ben-affleck-remake-alfred-hitchcock/"},"headline":"David Fincher, Gillian Flynn and Ben Affleck Are Remaking Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train","datePublished":"2015-01-13T22:25:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:32:54.079Z","description":"Gone Girl fans rejoice","url":"https://time.com/3666343/david-fincher-gillian-flynn-ben-affleck-remake-alfred-hitchcock/","keywords":["movies","Ben Affleck","gone girl","Gillian Flynn"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt00410a25096318c0/698779b7428a9e0d00cc68ee/fincher-flynn-affleck.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt00410a25096318c0/698779b7428a9e0d00cc68ee/fincher-flynn-affleck.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"David Fincher, Gillian Flynn, Ben Affleck","caption":"David Fincher, Gillian Flynn, Ben Affleck","creditText":"Getty Images (3)","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/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3666343/david-fincher-gillian-flynn-ben-affleck-remake-alfred-hitchcock/","name":"David Fincher, Gillian Flynn and Ben Affleck Are Remaking Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train"}}]}] ```