SHARP OBJECTS: HBO series

HBO has a new series (8 episodes) starting tonight -- Sharp Objects -- adapted from Gillian Flynn's 2006 psychological thriller. Sharp Objects follows the self-destructive journalist Camille Preaker as she returns to her small hometown to report on the unsolved murders of two girls.

Gillian Flynn is the executive producer of the series and wrote several of the episodes. Jean Marc Vallée  (Big Little Lies) directs. Sharp Objects stars Amy Adams and Patricia Clarkson.

Read the NYT review here

Read the LA Times review here

I haven't seen it yet, but will update this post when I do. Be sure and leave comments with your opinion.

Gillian Flynn's Sharp Objects Picked up by HBO

Deadline reports that Gillian Flynn's 2006 novel Sharp Objects, a drama series project starring Amy Adams has been picked up by HBO with an eight-episode straight-to-series first season order.  Marti Noxon (UnReal) is showrunner for the project, with Jean-Marc Vallée (Wild) directing. Noxon wrote the pilot script and Flynn is set to write multiple episodes. The book was picked up five years ago by Jason Blum and Blumhouse Productions, long before Gone Girl was a hit movie.