According to The Hollywood Reporter, Lin Pictures and remake specialists Vertigo Entertainment are teaming on a big-screen adaptation of Stephen King’s novel IT for Warner Bros. release. This will be the book’s second screen incarnation—following, of course, the 1990 ABC miniseries starring John Ritter, Harry Anderson, Tim Reid, Annette O’Toole and Richard Thomas, with Tim Curry as the evil Pennywise the clown and early appearances by Seth Green and GINGER SNAPS’ Emily Perkins.
Tapped to turn King’s mammoth tome into a feature-length screenplay is Dave Kajganich, who has become quite the redux specialist; he previously penned the ill-fated THE INVASION and a new take on PET SEMATARY, and is the latest writer on New Line’s long-mooted ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK update. Although the book, in which a group of childhood friends reunite to battle a shapeshifting evil entity they previously confronted as kids, takes place in 1958 and 1985, the new movie will be set in the present day. No director has yet been signed.
Comments (3)
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|2009-03-29 14:06:54 Lita Moonsinger
Changing the TIMEFRAME Of this Film will DOOM IT..Do NOT Film it that way!!
I For one won't even bother watching it if they do..Why Bother.
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|2009-03-13 08:07:08 Mandy
Kelsey, I couldn't agree more. Part of what I loved about the book was the fact that the kids were so innocent because of the time they lived in....you certainly can't do that now. Plus, I just love the 50's and the whole greaser element Henry Bowers added.
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|2009-03-13 03:31:01 Kelsey
I'm glad someone's remaking It. I've been saying for a while they should, but it should still take place in 58 and 85 because it adds to the nostalgia element. Plus, if it's present day, the kids will have fucking cell phones and they'll be emo jerks and scene kids. A lot of the original elements in the story will change with modern technology interfering.
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