TOO COOL TO BE FORGOTTEN Goes Into Film Development

Over the years, there have been plenty of rumors swirling around film development of Alex Robinson’s books. Yet regardless of multiple Eisner and Harvey wins and nominations, and a hell of a lot of wonderful comics, we haven’t seen a film yet.

However, maybe now is the time?

Deadline.com, who seems to report on these kinds of things, is reporting that Robinson’s Too Cool to be Forgotten is in development, with writers attached and everything. The 2008 book is about a 40 year old guy who gets transported back to his 15 year old self, and gets a chance to relive high school knowing what he knows now. Rocky Russo and Jeremy Sosenko are attached to take a crack at the script, and the picture is set up to be produced by a production company called Likely Story. This is interesting, because in 2009, the owner of Likely Story, Peter Bregman, was part of a deal to purchase 1/3 of Top Shelf, Too Cool’s publisher, and guaranteed them a first look at their comic properties. The writers have no credits outside of a yet-to-be-released movie called Movie 43. (Russo does have a credited role of ER once though.)

Having writers attached is more like active development than just signing a deal and reporting that. We’ve seen that lots of times, including chatter about this very book. Forward movement is slow in these circles, but slow is better than not moving.