In his review for "Sunshine Cleaning," critic Robert Wilonsky said he thought the indie film had "the markings of a great Showtime series."
Wilonsky probably had no idea execs at Showtime were thinking the same thing. The pay cabler is, indeed, in the early stages of adapting "Sunshine Cleaning" into a TV series.
The cable net is developing the project inhouse and has tapped Megan Holley, who wrote the screenplay to "Sunshine Cleaning," to rework it for the smallscreen.
The movie, which was released in spring, starred Amy Adams as Rose Lorkowski, a single mother scraping by as a maid. She finally improves her status by partnering with her sister, played by Emily Blunt, and opening a business cleaning gruesome crime scenes.
The movie is actually running next month on rival pay service Starz -- the parent of Overture Films, which released "Sunshine."
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