I’ll admit something: I didn’t watch the first trailer for David Fincher’s (The Social Network) next film, Gone Girl. This was one of those films I didn’t want to spoil by watching a trailer and getting swept up into hype that the film may or may not be able to live up to. Then, of course, I received the email for this latest trailer and couldn’t resist. If only I could go back in time and watch the first trailer when it originally came out…
Gone Girl is an adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s novel of the same name that analyzes a couple’s marriage after the wife’s disappearance. Ben Affleck (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice) stars as Nick Dunne, the aforementioned husband who quickly becomes the center of scrutiny as the media paints him as a suspect in his wife’s (Rosamund Pike) disappearance. Flynn serves as the film’s screenwriter and has said the film will deviate from the novel and that the story won’t be told in the same way as the novel.
Trailers like this new Gone Girl one is exactly what film trailers should do. They build up anticipation, share just enough about the film’s tone and narrative to reel audiences in, yet leave said audiences shrouded in a veil of mystery and intrigue. Gone Girl will be in theaters on October 3rd, yet the wait will make it feel like it’s more than just three short months away.