Winslet focused on "Mind"

Kate Winslet is negotiating to join Jim Carrey in "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," an eclectic drama greenlit late Tuesday by Universal Focus. "Eternal" was penned by Charlie Kaufman, who received an Oscar nomination for his 1999 film "Being John Malkovich." Like "Malkovich," Kaufman's newest project is set partly in the human mind -- specifically, in the mind of a man trying to put memories of a particularly steamy relationship with his ex-mate behind him.

A spokeswoman for the Universal specialty label, however, declined to comment on the "Eternal" developments, citing a policy of not commenting on pending negotiations. Nonetheless, sources say the picture is to go before cameras in January. Winslet next appears opposite Kevin Spacey in "The Life of David Gale" -- also a Universal release. She's attached to "Neverland," Marc Forster's follow-up to "Monster's Ball," starring opposite Johnny Depp. Kaufman's other unreleased opus, "Adaptation," is due to hit theaters in December via Columbia. That pic's a wild comedy about a frustrated screenwriter's quest for love and subsequent emotional meltdown during a vexingly difficult adaptation of Susan Orlean's book "The Orchid Thief."

April 28, 2002

Eternal Sunshine moves forward!

Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind is moving forward nicely with word that production will start this November 2002 on the movie, with a 2003 release date planned.

I also found a note from director Michel Gondry explaining more of the plot it states "Spotless Mind", according to Gondry, "it’s also from a script that Charlie [Kaufman] wrote, and it’s again very geometrical. It’s about a guy who wants to erase his girlfriend from his memory. You get to see their relationship erased scene by scene, and then in the middle of the process, he changes his mind and decides to save her. So he takes her out of the memories she belongs in, and puts her in memories she doesn't belong in, to try and hide her. It’s very symmetrical, but very romantic as well."

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