Oscar-winning screenwriter Charlie Kaufman to adapt and direct ‘I’m Thinking of Ending Things’ for Netflix

Charlie Kaufman will be taking on his first project with Netflix: a movie adaptation of I’m Thinking of Ending Things. The 2016 bestselling novel is by first-time Canadian author Iain Reid, who will co-produce the film with Kaufman. The Academy Award-winning screenwriter of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind will be directing this Netflix original film and he will be teaming up again with Likely Story’s Anthony Bregman.

The story follows an unnamed woman, who serves as its narrator, as she tells readers while she’s en route to meet her boyfriend Jake’s parents on their farm that she is suicidal. Before they reach their destination, Jake abandons her and drives off alone. Kaufman himself is quoted in the book’s back cover saying: “An ingeniously twisted nightmare road trip through the fragile psyche of two young lovers. My kind of fun!” There aren’t details yet when we can expect the film but if you’d like to check out the story, it might be time to pick up the book.

Source: IndieWire