A television spinoff is in development for an Academy Award-winning movie from 50 years ago. , including his Best Actor win for As Good As It Gets and a Best Supporting Actor win for Terms of Endearment.

There is no shortage of great Jack Nicholson movies, and he has left his mark on numerous genres. His performance as Jack Torrance in The Shining is iconic and integral to the horror movie's enduring legacy. From Chinatown to The Departed, Nicholson has been just as influential in the crime thriller genre as well.

No matter how many actors play the Joker, his rendition of the villain in Tim Burton's Batman continues to be distinct. Nicholson also has one of the most famous lines in movie history with his delivery of "You can't handle the truth!" in A Few Good Men. However, it is .

A television spinoff is now in development. Based on the 1962 novel by Ken Kesey, the movie takes place in a psychiatric hospital where the patients suffer under the supervision of the cruel Nurse Mildred Ratched. , a rebellious patient who upends Nurse Ratched's reign of terror.

In addition to Nicholson's award, , the last of which went to Louise Fletcher for her performance as Nurse Ratched. Despite the critical acclaim, Kesey disliked the movie, primarily because, unlike in the novel, the adaptation was not told through the perspective of Chief Bromden.

While on the CK Café podcast (via Deadline), producer Paul Zaentz, who is the nephew of the original movie's producer Saul Zaentz, reveals that . Season 1 will tell the story through Chief Bromden's perspective, and later seasons will explore what happens after he escapes the psychiatric hospital.

Zaentz shared that this is a recent development that came about after signing an agreement with Kesey's widow. No writers or studios are officially attached to the project thus far.

While this wasn't a movie that I expected to see revived, there is merit to the idea of a show told through Chief Bromden's point of view. This spinoff can adapt the book more faithfully than the movie did by grounding the story through Chief Bromden's perspective and .

I am less confident in the premise of the show continuing to follow Chief Bromden after One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest ending. The ending is largely powerful because of the hope and endless possibilities it presents when Chief Bromden escapes, the open-endedness of which will be taken away by revealing what happens to him afterward.

There are other challenges that come with a new and more faithful adaptation. McMurphy is a more problematic character in the One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest book, which will make it more difficult for audiences to relate to and root for him.

It will also be challenging for any actor to rival what Nicholson, Fletcher, and Will Sampson did in their respective performances as McMurphy, Nurse Ratched, and Chief Bromden. The project sounds like it is in the very early stages of development, and hopefully time will be taken to ensure that it is done right.

Source: CK Café (via Deadline)