Known for having great taste in film and for producing Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Thumbsucker, Synecdoche, New York, and Nicole Holofcener‘s three last works, Anthony Bregman’s Likely Story has (according to MTV’s Splashpage via The Playlist) optioned the rights to Top Shelf Productions’ Alex Robinson’s graphic-novel “Too Cool To Be Forgotten.” I can’t think of too many independent film producers grabbing graphic novel properties – got to keep in mind this is Art School Confidential sort and not a tale spun with superheroes and super villains kind. Robinson seems to have a cult following or sorts that stems from his previous graphic novels titles Box Office Poison and Tricked.
The graphic novel which was released back in July of 2008, 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.
For more a view of a couple of pages from the novel, click the front cover below.
