David Fincher in Talks to Direct Adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s ‘Gone Girl’

Though The Social Network director David Fincher has been working on getting 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea off the ground, not to mention being talked about for Star Wars: Episode VII and supposedly game for The Girl Who Played with Fire, we haven’t head what his next project will really be. Now Variety has word that Fincher is currently in talks with Fox to direct Gone Girl, an adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s novel of the same name. An official offer isn’t on the table yet, but the story follows a woman who disappears on her fifth wedding anniversary and sparks suspicion and strange behavior from her husband. More below! Here’s the book’s official synopsis: On a warm summer morning in North Carthage, Missouri, it is Nick and Amy Dunne’s fifth wedding anniversary. Presents are being wrapped and reservations are being made when Nick’s clever and beautiful wife disappears from their rented McMansion …