Dark Places Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot

Libby Day (Charlize Theron) was only seven years old when her mother and two sisters were brutally murdered in their rural Kansas farmhouse. In court, the traumatized child pointed the finger at her brother, Ben (Tye Sheridan), and her testimony put the troubled 16-year-old in prison for life. Twenty-five years later, a broke and desperate Libby has run through donations from a sympathetic public and royalties from her sensational autobiography, without ever moving past the events of that night.

When Libby accepts a fee to appear at a gathering of true-crime aficionados led by Lyle Wirth (Nicholas Hoult), she is shocked to learn most of them believe Ben is innocent and the real killer is still at large. In need of money, she reluctantly agrees to help them reexamine the crime by revisiting the worst moments of her life. But as Libby and Lyle dig deeper into the circumstances surrounding the murders, her recollections start to unravel and she is forced to question exactly what she saw – or didn’t see. As long-buried memories resurface, Libby begins to confront the wrenching truths that led up to that horrific night.

Cited as official plot version

Drama Adaptation

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Dark Places.

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  Charlize Theron

  The Odyssey, Fast X

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  Nicholas Hoult

  Superman, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning

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  Chloë Grace Moretz

  If I Stay, White Night

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  Tye Sheridan

  The Order, Mud

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  Christina Hendricks

  The Storied Life Of A.J. Fikry, Pottersville

Crew Behind the Film

The Dark Places behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Gilles Paquet-Brenner last directed Crooked House and Sarah's Key. The film's writer Gilles Paquet-Brenner last wrote Sarah's Key and Walled In.

Director

Gilles Paquet-Brenner

Screenwriter

Gilles Paquet-Brenner

Producers

Stephane Marsil
Peter Safran

Production Details

What we know about the Dark Places movie production.

Key Facts

• A24, in partnership with DirecTV, has picked up U.S. distribution rights.
• The deal comes on the heels of the strong success of Gone Girl, starring Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike. Flynn wrote the novel Gone Girl and adapted it for the David Fincher-helmed film, which received critical praise and has earned $288 million worldwide.
• Based on Gillian Flynn's best-selling novel.

Production Updates for Dark Places

Nov 2014

Completed

Changed Dark Places movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

Feb 2013

Pre-Production

Changed the movie production status to Pre-Production. Eyeing a March 2013 start.

May 2012

Development

Changed the movie production status to Development. The movie is likely in scripting, budgeting, or stuck in "development hell."

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