Tyler Perry, Kim Dickens, Patrick Fugit and Carrie Coon have joined the cast of director David Fincher’s Gone Girl at 20th Century Fox, reports Deadline. Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike and Neil Patrick Harris were previously confirmed to star.
In the film, based on the Gillian Flynn novel, Perry will play Tanner Bolt, the attorney who represents Afflecks character after his wife disappears. The site adds that Dickens and Fugit will play detectives who investigate the mystery, while Coon will play Affleck’s character’s twin sister.
The book is described as follows:
Marriage can be a real killer. One of the most critically acclaimed suspense writers of our time, New York Times bestseller Gillian Flynn, takes that statement to its darkest place in this unputdownable masterpiece about a marriage gone terribly, terribly wrong. As The Washington Post proclaimed, her work draws you in and keeps you reading with the force of a pure but nasty addiction. Gone Girls toxic mix of sharp-edged wit with deliciously chilling prose creates a nerve-fraying thriller that confounds you at every turn.
On a warm summer morning in North Carthage, Missouri, it is Nick and Amys fifth wedding anniversary. Presents are being wrapped and reservations are being made when Nick Dunnes clever and beautiful wife disappears from their rented McMansion on the Mississippi River. Husband-of-the-Year Nick Dunne isnt doing himself any favors with cringe-worthy daydreams about the slope and shape of his wifes head, but hearing from Amy through flashbacks in her diary reveal the perky perfectionist could have put anyone dangerously on edge. Under mounting pressure from the police and the mediaas well as Amys fiercely doting parentsthe town golden boy parades an endless series of lies, deceits, and inappropriate behavior. Nick is oddly evasive, and hes definitely bitterbut is he really a killer? As the cops close in, every couple in town is soon wondering how well they know the one that they love. With his twin sister Margo at his side, Nick stands by his innocence. Trouble is, if Nick didnt do it, where is that beautiful wife? And what was left in that silvery gift box hidden in the back of her bedroom closet?
