HBO picks up Sharp Objects with Amy Adams

Last Updated on August 2, 2021

Sharp Objects, the series adapted from Gone Girl scribe Gillian Flynn's novel, was taken out by EntertainmentOne and Blumhouse way back when in February. The Amy Adams-starring series didn't have long to wait before it was picked up, and it certainly landed a comfortable slot.

You see, the series was picked up by HBO, going straight-to-series for an eight episode first season. It will be overseen by showrunner and co-writer (with Flynn) Marti Noxon and directed by Jean-Marc Vallée (WILD, DEMOLITION).

Adams will play 

reporter Camille Preaker — fresh from a brief stay at a psychiatric hospital — who faces a troubling assignment: She must return to her tiny hometown to cover the murders of two preteen girls. For years, Camille hardly has spoken to her neurotic, hypochondriac mother or to the half-sister she barely knows, a beautiful 13-year-old with an eerie grip on the town. Now, installed in her old bedroom in her family's Victorian mansion, Camille finds herself identifying with the young victims — a bit too strongly. Dogged by her own demons, she must unravel the psychological puzzle of her own past if she wants to get the story — and survive this homecoming.

There's no word yet on a premiere date, but we'll certainly keep you posted!