Based on the novel of the same name by best-selling author Gillian Flynn, ‘Dark Places’ tells the story of Libby Day who witnesses the murder of her sisters and mother. The sole survivor of the massacre, she later testifies in court against her own brother.

Twenty-five years later, Libby meets a group of amateur investigators who claim her brother is innocent.

At the film’s premiere in Paris, Theron said she was already a Gillian Flynn fan before she was approached for the movie: “I read ‘Sharp Objects’ and I really liked it. I really liked her voice and so when this came to me I already knew that work and I knew that I was excited to read ‘Dark Places.’ I started with the screenplay and then read the book afterwards and I was just really blown away by it. I thought it was such a great hybrid between a family drama that really married so well with this thriller,” she said.

British actor Nicholas Hoult plays Lyle, a true-crime enthusiast from a secret society intent on solving