Gilles Paquet-Brenner will direct the movie from bestselling author Gillian Flynn's novel of the same name, reported Digital Spy.
Hendricks will play Krissi Cates, a woman harbouring a secret about what really happened on a night years ago.
The 38-year-old actress was recently seen in "Ginger & Rosa" and "Struck By Lightning".
She will next appear in Ryan Gosling's directorial debut "How to Catch a Monster", as well as lending her voice to the lead role in "Tinker Bell and the Pirate Fairy".