Amy Adams will star in and executive produce a new show based on Gillian Flynn’s (Gone Girl) debut novel and adapted for television by Marti Noxon for HBO. Sharp Objects, tells the story of Camille (played by Amy Adams), a “crime reporter fresh out of psych hospital for her years of self harm” who returns to her childhood home town to investigate the murder of two young girls. Here she as to face her “picture-perfect small-town socialite” mother, Adora as well as her personal demons.

Speaking of the adaptation, author and Executive Producer, Gillian Flynn said, “I was really nervous it would just turn into a horror movie and lose a lot of the nuance. The mystery is as much about who Camille is and what happened in this town as it is about the murders.”

Marti Noxon added, “I think it’s been a burden for [Amy] to carry that character.”

Sharp Objects is scheduled to premiere on HBO in summer 2018.

Source: Entertainment Weekly