Email is a wonderful thing that lets people stay in touch with friends all over the world, but what if you could take technology a step further and communicate via email with friends and family that were no longer alive? Summit Entertainment plans to explore the possibilities with Deadmail.

Deadmail, based on the novel of the same name by Laurie Frankel, caught a lot of attention at the Frankfurt Book Fair and it paid off when Summit became interested enough to grab the feature rights. The story centers around a computer genius that invents a way for people to email loved ones that have died. His invention becomes personal when he loses the woman he loves and he’s forced to decide whether it’s best to stay in touch with the woman he can no longer have or let her go and move on.

According to Deadline, Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey, the producers of the Twilight Saga, will produce the film, which will be overseen by Temple Hill’s Adam Londy and Summit production president Erik Feig and exec Jeyun Choi. There’s been no talk about casting at this time.

Don’t rush to Amazon to buy the book before the movie comes out because there’s a good chance the film might be close to hitting the big screen before the book hits the bookstores. Deadmail, which will be published by Doubleday, won’t be out until sometime next year. Currently, there’s not even an actual release date for the title.

The theme of the story is letting go, and it could be interesting to see how the plot unfolds. If people really had access to ‘deadmail,’ do you think it would be used by a lot of people or would the constant reminder of friends and family lost be too much to bear? Would you use it?