Anthony Bregman, who has served as a producer on such mind-bending films “Synecdoche, New York,” “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” and more straight-up depressing ones such as “The Savages” has picked up the motion-picture rights to Alex Robinson’s existential graphic-novel “Too Cool To Be Forgotten.”
Robinson’s Graphic novel was released last July and tells the story of a 40-year-old man who undergoes hypnosis therapy to quit smoking, only to wake up in the body of his 15-year-old self. Since he still has the knowledge of his life to come, he is uncertain whether he can — or should — change anything that could affect the life he hopes to return to 25 years down the road.
Top Shelf Productions publisher Chris Staros said the deal was just recently negotiated, so production details of the adaptation are yet to be set, but said that “It’s a great book,” and that they are waiting to “see if anything comes of the movie.” Sounds interesting enough to us, even though we suppose it sounds like a Charlie Kaufman-esque version of “Big.” [MTV Splashpage]
