Filming the Unfilmable

Indiewire is reporting that Michael Almereyda is directing a film called Tonight at Noon, which is based upon Jonathan Lethem's short story "Five Fucks".

Having read the story in question, I will definitely say that it's creepy as hell -- there are bits from it still lodged in my head a few years after first encountering it.  It's also virtually unfilmable, as written. 

The story (it's the last item down on the page) indicates that Almereyda has figured out how to make it work -- and with a cast headed by Chiwetel Ejiofor, it could be interesting...