David Fincher‘s “Gone Girl” will be the opening-night film at this year’s New York Film Festival, NYFF organizers announced on Friday.
The world premiere of Fincher’s film will take place on Sept. 26 at Alice Tully Hall, with the festival returning to the reopened Tavern on the Green restaurant for the opening-night after party.
Fincher also premiered his Oscar-nominated “The Social Network” at NYFF in 2010. His new film has long been rumored to be a likely fit for the festival, which will run from Sept. 26 through Oct. 12.
In recent years the festival has reasserted its position as a player in the awards-season jockeying that takes place at other fall festivals, notably Venice, Telluride and Toronto.