A film you can't erase is fittingly getting a reboot for the small screen.
Sometimes when you beg to Hollywood, “please, let me keep this memory,” they go right ahead and zap it from your brain anyway. Let’s hope that doesn’t happen with Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, the 2004 cult hit, and latest victim of television’s reboot era.
The Oscar-winning best screenplay from Charlie Kaufman, Michel Gondry and Pierre Bismuth is being adapted for the small screen by Anonymous Content, according to an exclusive report from THR. Steve Golin, one of the original producers, is spearheading the project, and Zev Borow (Forever, Chuck) is in talks to write the script.
The film centers around Joel (Jim Carrey) and Clementine (Kate Winslet), former lovers who both undergo a memory cleanse of their turbulent, imperfect two-year relationship. Winslet earned an Oscar-nomination for her role and the film is considered by many critics to be one of the best of the decade.
The television project is in its infancy, so there’s no details on how the narrative will fit into an episodic format. We’ll have updates on an Eternal Sunshine reboot as more information drops.