Killers of the Flower Moon’s Lily Gladstone will star in an adaptation of The Memory Police, which is being written by Charlie Kaufman.
Per The Hollywood Reporter, Gladstone has signed on to star in The Memory Police, which relies on the 1994 sci-fi novel of the identical title by Yoko Ogawa.
Kaufman — identified for writing 1999’s Being John Malkovich, 2002’s Adaptation., 2004’s Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and extra — is penning the screenplay, whereas Reed Morano is directing the film. Monrao beforehand directed 2018’s I Think We’re Alone Now and 2020’s The Rhythm Section, together with episodes of The Handmaid’s Tale and Halt and Catch Fire.
The undertaking additionally marks a reunion for Gladstone and Martin Scorsese, who directed Killers of the Flower Moon and is govt producing The Memory Police. Ogawa may even govt produce the film, whereas Morano and Margot Hand will function producers.
What is The Memory Police about?
The synopsis of Ogawa’s novel reads, “On an unnamed island off an unnamed coast, objects are disappearing: first hats, then ribbons, birds, roses—till issues turn out to be way more critical. Most of the island’s inhabitants are oblivious to these modifications, whereas these few imbued with the facility to recall the misplaced objects dwell in worry of the draconian Memory Police, who’re dedicated to making certain that what has disappeared stays forgotten.
When a younger lady who’s struggling to preserve her profession as a novelist discovers that her editor is in hazard from the Memory Police, she concocts a plan to cover him beneath her floorboards. As worry and loss shut in round them, they cling to her writing because the final approach of preserving the previous. A surreal, provocative fable in regards to the energy of reminiscence and the trauma of loss, The Memory Police is a surprising new work from one of the thrilling modern authors writing in any language.”
The Memory Police doesn’t but have a launch date.
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