Stephen King's "IT" remake has found a writer

[Dave McFly]

I honestly doubt anybody can top the awesomeness that is Tim Curry in this remake, he was so damn kick ass as Pennywise.

 

[Thundarr]

I have some inside knowledge. Stephen King is now involved with writing the script.

Not sure how to respond to this. On the one hand, King's involvement might get this project off the ground sooner. On the other hand, he's better at writing novels and short stories than he is at writing screenplays. His involvement could turn into a case of "too many chefs in the kitchen".

Also, would his being involved in the writing of the script mean that the big prepubicent sex scene in the sewers is going to be back in? Many people are strongly against having that scene in the movie, and some aren't too fond of it being in the book either. Keeping it in could hurt ticket sales. Although the whole "oath" scene from the TV movie is kinda corny too.

Maybe they can split the diff. Make Beverly have her first grown up kiss with each of the boys, then they make a vow to return if Pennywise ever comes back again. That might work.

 

[childeroland]

No way in hell they can get away with that scene.

 

[Thundarr]

They could get Seth Green for the older Richie.

While that would be about as poetic as Jerry O'Connel playing Ben, and a total hoot to watch, I think Seth still looks too young to play a 40+ year old. I know he's in his mid thirties, but he still has the look of a guy in his twenties. Heck, i'm approaching 40 myself and people keep telling me I still look like I'm in my twenties. Someone a little older than forty (yes, even ten or twenty years older) might be a better choice).

 

[Thundarr]

No way in hell they can get away with that scene.

Well there are ways to include it without showing anything, but just it's inclusion could turn people off from seeing the movie. I kinda like my First Grown Up Kiss idea. It accomplishes the same thing but is more "innocent" if you follow my meaning.

 

[Thundarr]

I honestly doubt anybody can top the awesomeness that is Tim Curry in this remake, he was so damn kick ass as Pennywise.

If anyone can, it would be Gary Oldman.

 

[NosfeRomas]

I'm still not sure. I love Gary Oldman and i think he is on of the greatest actors of all time but damn Tim Curry was unrecognisable, just a Heath Ledger quality performance where you can't even tell who the actor is.

 

[Victarion]

I honestly doubt anybody can top the awesomeness that is Tim Curry in this remake, he was so damn kick ass as Pennywise.

No, he wasn't. They need to leave in the relationship between Henry and his dad, their grudge with Mike's family. Patrick Hockstetter should be in here to. That kid was the most frightening part of the novel for me. IT's connection to Derry needs to be represented as it was in the novel. I'd like them to keep that acid trip of a climax.

 

[Thundarr]

I'm still not sure. I love Gary Oldman and i think he is on of the greatest actors of all time but damn Tim Curry was unrecognisable, just a Heath Ledger quality performance where you can't even tell who the actor is.

The same could be said of Goldman's performance in Bram Stoker's Dracula.

 

[Thundarr]

No, he wasn't. They need to leave in the relationship between Henry and his dad, their grudge with Mike's family. Patrick Hockstetter should be in here to. That kid was the most frightening part of the novel for me. IT's connection to Derry needs to be represented as it was in the novel. I'd like them to keep that acid trip of a climax.

While everything you wrote is true, none of it has anything to do with Tim Curry's performance as Pennywise. His performance as Pennywise WAS totally kickass. Henry Bowers' relationship with his dad, or lack there of, doesn't change that. Nor IT's connection to Derry, or Bowers' grudge against Mike & his parents. Those things would all add to the overall quality of the movie, I'm sure, but Tim Curry's portrayal of Pennywise The Dancing Clown is still nothing short of awesome.

 

[Sawyer]

Yeah, the whole thing wasn't as great as it should've been, but Tim Curry was memorable in this role for a reason.

 

[Thundarr]

Yeah, the whole thing wasn't as great as it should've been, but Tim Curry was memorable in this role for a reason.

It was good for what it was. TV movies have a huge disadvantage compared to big screen features. Namely budget and time constraints. They had two 2 hour time slots, and needed to leave room for commercial breaks. That's only 90 to 100 minutes worth of story they get to tell per half. And with such a thick book, naturally some of it is gonna get trimmed down.

With big screen features, they'll have a bigger budget, and be able to make each half of the story longer with more elements from the novel. Plus, for the DVD release, they can have an extended director's cut that couldn't be shown in theatres, either for time constraints or for content. So we could wind up with a "Peter Jackson's Lord Of The Rings" type situation. Or a "Rob Zombie's Halloween" type situation. Or possibly both.

 

[Victarion]

My post didn't imply that any of those were connected to Tim's performance. It was just stuff that really floored me when I read the book. What happened with Zombie's "Halloween?"

 

[Thundarr]

My post didn't imply that any of those were connected to Tim's performance. It was just stuff that really floored me when I read the book. What happened with Zombie's "Halloween?"

Then you need to go back and reread the post you were replying to and what you wrote in your reply.

Dave McFly wrote "I honestly doubt anybody can top the awesomeness that is Tim Curry in this remake, he was so damn kick ass as Pennywise."

To which you responded "No he wasn't." And then went on to list things from the book you feel should have been added to the movie, all of which had nothing to do with Tim Curry's portrayal of Pennywise. So you didn't imply anything about Tim Curry's performance, you STATED it flat out. But then nothing you wrote after that supported that statement.

As for Zombie's Halloween, the director's cut had a bunch of scenes that were "too intense for the theatrical cut" (an orderly raping a female mental patient the night Michael Myers escapes from the sanitarium, for example). So on DVD you have a choice of watching the theatrical version or the unrated director's cut.

 

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Edit

(discovered the news was one year old... )

 

[Solidus]

His resume seems pretty good. Are they still trying to make this a film? Or a (HBO type) mini series?

 

[Thundarr]

His resume seems pretty good. Are they still trying to make this a film? Or a (HBO type) mini series?

As far as anyone knows, yes they are. Exactly when they'll start shooting IT, that's anyone's guess.

 

[Carnotaur3]

His resume seems pretty good. Are they still trying to make this a film? Or a (HBO type) mini series?

Feature film.

 

[NosfeRomas]

A 2 part feature film to be exact. Yes his resume is short and sweet. His Jayne Eyre was really awesome, very good adaptation and beautifuly directed same with Sin Nombre.

 

[Thundarr]

I'm just hoping for a good cast, and that we'll get to see the first installment soon.


On a side note, I've always wanted to see The Simpsons spoof IT in one of their Tree House Of Horror specials. Could you imagine Krusty The Clown as Pennywise?

 

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IT remake

Posted: February 11, 2014, 10:03:26
Section: Film » It

Dan Lin (producer for the upcoming IT remake) had this to say about it to Collider:

“My next movie I hope is The Brotherhood. It’s to be directed José Padilha, who directed Robocop. So we’re out to cast on that. It’s genre that I love — cops, gangsters. Based on true story, a mob/cop story in 1980s New York. So we hope to shoot that in the fall. Then Cary Fukunaga is writing and directing Stephen King’s It for me, and I’m really excited for that. So I’m hoping that’ll be his next movie after the indie he’s shooting in Africa. So I love what he did with True Detective. I think it’s a great sample for Stephen King’s It. So I’m really excited about that.”

 

[Primal Slayer]

Basically on the back burner until they find time to do it? Sucks.

 

[gwynplaine]

I honestly doubt anybody can top the awesomeness that is Tim Curry in this remake, he was so damn kick ass as Pennywise.

Sounds like what people said about Jack and Heath. Curry was great but also limited by the format and what they could and could not show on TV, so I actually believe that another great Pennywise is very doable, with a great script and a great actor of course.

 

[DaRkVeNgeanCe]

^ The right actor is the key thing, I could see a lot of good to even great actors still not giving the character the right feel.

 

[redhawk23]

Am I really the only one that never really thought that Jack Nicholson was particularly good as the Joker?