# The Perfect ‘Gone Girl’ Replacement Is Officially Streaming for Free Next Month

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/the-perfect-gone-girl-replacement-is-officially-streaming-for-free-next-month/
- Published: 2026-11-02T00:15:11+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-02T01:19:54+00:00
- Original publisher: Collider
- Original article: https://collider.com/charlize-theron-dark-places-streaming-plex-november-2026/
- Topics: Entertainment, TV

## Key points

- *Dark Places* arrives free on Plex on 1 November 2026.
- Charlize Theron stars in the Gillian Flynn adaptation.
- The film earned $5.6 million against an $11.9 million budget.

## Summary

Based on Gillian Flynn’s novel, the 2015 film *Dark Places* will be available to stream free on Plex from 1 November 2026. The article presents it as a twist-filled mystery for viewers seeking a follow-up to *Gone Girl*, and notes that Flynn wrote the novel before her better-known book.

Charlize Theron stars in the adaptation, which arrived a year after *Gone Girl* and had a very different commercial result. While *Gone Girl* earned more than $370 million worldwide, *Dark Places* took $5.6 million against a reported $11.9 million budget; its source novel has received more than 823,000 Goodreads user ratings.

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