<P> Gone Girl is a film adaptation of Flynn 's 2012 novel of the same name . One of the film 's executive producers , Leslie Dixon , read the manuscript of the novel in 2011 and brought it to the attention of Reese Witherspoon ( who was originally slated to play Amy ) in December of that year . Witherspoon and Dixon then collaborated with Bruna Papandrea to further develop the manuscript -- with Flynn 's film agent , Shari Smiley , they met with film studios in early 2012 . </P>
who is the movie gone girl based on
Flynn 's 2012 novel of the same name