Gillian Flynn

Made films the shows talk about.

Counted as other. The films the hosts said they were tied to, which the two lists below run through too: Strangers on a Train (Fincher/Flynn remake, unmade). Count them as writer (3 films) instead.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Mystic River (2003): 1 line

lineage (inspired her approach) · them, directly: Mystic River ⇒ Gillian Flynn (the maker said so). After failed attempts at novels, Flynn read Mystic River and took from it the idea of a crime that is a red herring for a character story.
“She said she had many failed attempts and then read Dennis Lahain's Mystic River, which, in my opinion, is an incredible piece of writing.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 0:31:35 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

David Fincher: 1 line

lineage (unmade remake) · through Strangers on a Train (Fincher/Flynn remake, unmade), which they were tied to as co-writer of the unmade remake: Strangers on a Train (Fincher/Flynn remake, unmade) ⇒ David Fincher (the host's read). Fincher and Gillian Flynn were going to remake Strangers on a Train as a loose springboard.
“He and Jillian Flynn were going to remake strangers on a train.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Mank with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 0:26:02 · Griffin Newman (0.60 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Writing (3) everyone in writing

novel author and screenwriter (first screenplay), Gone Girl (Blank Check — Patreon, Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free))
novel author, Sharp Objects (TV) (Blank Check — Patreon, Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free))
novel author, Dark Places (Blank Check — Patreon, Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free))

Other (1) everyone in other

co-writer of the unmade remake, Strangers on a Train (Fincher/Flynn remake, unmade) (Blank Check — Patreon, Mank with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free))

What was said about them, by kind

lineage (1)

lineage (inspired her approach): Mystic River → Gillian Flynn. After failed attempts at novels, Flynn read Mystic River and took from it the idea of a crime that is a red herring for a character story.
“She said she had many failed attempts and then read Dennis Lahain's Mystic River, which, in my opinion, is an incredible piece of writing.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 0:31:35 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

None.