Gillian Flynn and Darren Aronofsky Collaborate on New Erotic Thriller for Sony
EXCLUSIVE: Gone Girl author Gillian Flynn and Requiem For A Dream director Darren Aronofsky are collaborating on a new film project.
Flynn is set to write the screenplay, while Aronofsky has finalized a deal to produce through his Protozoa Pictures. The project is in development at 1.21, the studio known for producing Austin Butler’s Elvis and the horror film Together, featuring Dave Franco and Alison Brie.
Details regarding the film’s plot remain undisclosed at this time.
This collaboration marks the first instance of Flynn and Aronofsky working together.
Flynn is celebrated for her work on Gone Girl, which she adapted for David Fincher’s film featuring Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike. Additionally, she penned Sharp Objects, which was adapted into an HBO limited series starring Amy Adams, and Dark Places, which became a film with Charlize Theron. She co-wrote Widows with Steve McQueen and recently announced that she is working on a film adaptation of her short story The Grownup, showcasing a con artist’s life as a former sex worker. Furthermore, she is developing a reimagining of Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman under the direction of Tim Burton for Warner Bros.
Aronofsky is currently fresh off the production of Caught Stealing, a crime thriller led by Austin Butler and produced by Sony’s Columbia Pictures. He made his directorial debut with Pi and gained prominence with Requiem For A Dream. His notable works include The Fountain, The Wrestler, Black Swan, Noah, Mother! and The Whale. In addition, he has produced films such as Jackie, White Boy Rick, The Good Nurse, and the documentary Some Kind of Heaven.
1.21, founded by Andrew Mittman, is also known for producing shows including Netflix’s Wednesday. Kai Dolbashian and Darby Kealey will serve as executive producers on this project.
Flynn is represented by WME, Blue Marble Management, and Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner Auerbach Hynick Jaime LeVine Sample & Klein, while Aronofsky is represented by CAA and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman, Smelkinson & Christopher.
