David Fincher’s film version of Gone Girl, starring Ben Affleck, is set to be the opening night gala screening at this year’s New York Film Festival, The Hollywood Reporter said.

The film features Rosamund Pike as a woman who mysteriously vanishes, with her husband (Affleck) suspected of killing her, and is based on Gillian Flynn’s best-selling novel. Flynn wrote the screenplay for the movie, which Reese Witherspoon’s Pacific Standard is producing alongside New Regency. 20th Century Fox is set to release the movie Oct. 3.

Last year’s opening-night screening at the festival was Captain Phillips, which went on to earn six Oscar nods, including a best picture nomination. Last year’s festival also featured screenings of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty in its centerpiece spot and Her as the closing night film. In addition, screenings of future Oscar contenders 12 Years a Slave and Nebraska also took place at the festival.

The festival is seen as an important stop in awards season. Fincher’s The Social Network opened the festival in 2010.

The 52nd annual New York Film Festival runs Sept. 26-Oct. 12.