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

[The Demon's Head]

Did anyone else notice the similarities between Super 8 and IT?

 

[Spider-ManHero12]

^^ Yeah, definitely. I mean, not 100%, but the similarities are there.

 

[Secret Fawful]

Did anyone else notice the similarities between Super 8 and IT?

Sweet fassing fass, I thought the same thing! As soon as the kids went into the caves I said almost too loudly, "Holy sh-t! It's Stephen King's IT!"

 

[Bubonic]

Even the alien is sort of spider-ish.

 

[GoblinWhirlwind]

I kept thinking of IT too... immediately after I thought JJ Abrams would be perfect to direct IT. He really knows how to get the kid aspect down... I was thinking "The Loser's Club" the entire time.

 

[Sawyer]

Dammit, why is this not making progress?

 

[Figs]

Serkis is a good one, but I'm still sticking with Giamatti. I dont know why, I just think he's got it in him...

Great choice!

It's been years since I've read the book, but wasn't the final confrontration with a giant spider anyways? I know it looked like **** in the original, but I'm pretty sure that's what it was supposed to look like to them. I thought it appeared as something that you feared. Could be wrong of course.

 

[LOBO3315a]

Actually Pennywise's true form was incomprehensible to their minds, and all they could perceive it as was a spider. If they had conceived his true shape, it would have driven them insane.

 

[CrimsonDeath]

I remember from the book that one persons see IT's true form and dies instantly.... another person remains in a catatonic state. H.P. Lovecraft mythos sort of thing.

The spider is the physical form it takes to feed. The clown and monster disguises because it makes it easier to scare the children that way, fill them with fear, and thus "salt the meat." Grown-ups' fears are too complex to be represented in a physical form. But if I had to fight a huge freaking monster devil spider entity of evil, that would be enough to drive me insane, but there is also a pseudo-mystical psychic fight between some of the characters and IT during the end.

 

[Sawyer]

The thing I would want to see more of in a new adaptation isn't even so much concerning IT itself, but the more human ****ed up aspects of Derry. The gay bashing that lead to Adrian Mellon getting killed, Patrick Hocksetter, Henry Bowers' home life, etc.

 

[Punisher Rising]

This remake could turn out good, but I don't think anyone can ever good as good a Pennywise as Tim Curry was. Still one of the scariest performances and characters ever, IMHO.

 

[A Necessary Evil]

Not news about the new movie, but the original is getting a complete score release in october.

 

[SuperBatman]

The Thing about It is that Tim Curry was the Perfect Pennywise. IDK who they will get to play him.

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[Sawyer]

Curry being awesome notwithstanding, the rest of the miniseries was subpar.

 

[rogue trooper]

I think Crispin Glover could be able to bring the appropriate creepiness to Pennywise.

Anyway, while this film is being produced, I'm looking foreward to having some cash for Christmas and purchase this: http://www.stephenking.com/promo/IT_25th/more_info.html

 

[Balthus Dire]

I just finished the book not long ago and I think this film desperately needs to be remade. Like others, I think the biggest snag is how you trump Tim Curry as Pennywise, because he was simply brilliant in the role. I can't think of anyone else who could come close.

But other than Curry, the movie version was pretty mediocre compared to the book IMO. Some of the key scenes were good (Bev and the old woman, Pennywise in the sewer) but I think they could do a lot more with the film these days.

On another note, I personally wasn't crazy about the giant space-spider at the end of the book/film, but I thought the way it looked in the miniseries was pretty close to how I thought It might look. I just thought it was weird to have Pennywise as the sort of "main" form of It throughout the book, and then at the end battle there's no Pennywise at all but rather a giant random-ass spider. Creepy? Sure. But a little out of left-field, I thought.

 

[Nightmare]

The Thing about It is that Tim Curry was the Perfect Pennywise. IDK who they will get to play him.

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Awesome video, Thanks for posting.

 

[NotSoLongAgo]

Willem Dafoe would own this imo.

 

[Hobgoblin]

I read IT a few years ago and thought it was good. I do like King's books but they never seem to be as good when they are made into films. I liked Pennywise in the book but he didnt have as much menace in the film, imo. Nothing against Tim Curry but a clown just isnt scary to me. It just looks silly. Sometimes a story should stay in a book.

 

[GoblinWhirlwind]

I think the psychic battle needs to be left out of the movie, and they defeat IT purely by physical means... it has a physical form in this world and so it should be able to be killed in that way.

 

[Sawyer]

The orgy stays, though.

 

[Spider-Vader]

Pennywise wasn't scary, he's hilarious! If Pennywise doesn't act like a troll & have a scene like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3ZbnfXEuyc&feature=related

Then it will fail.

"Excuse me SUH! Do you have Prince Albert in a can? You DO?! Well ya better the poor guy out! WAHA WAHA WAHA WAHA!"

 

[rogue trooper]

For director, I'd like to see either Frank Darabont or Guillermo Del Toro. Darabont has already done 4 Stephen King adaptations successfully, and Del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth and The Devil's Backbone are solid proof that he can effectively balance horror and tenderness, and do it through the point of view of children.

 

[Spider-ManHero12]

Frank Darabont would be a golden choice for this. No doubt in my mind.

 

[jonathancrane]

My problem with the novel? Not the spider or the psychic battle, but the whole sex scene in the sewers. If that moment had been excised, the book would have been flawless.

However, if they do not include the "Derry Interludes" -- which would be a terrible loss -- I hope they will still retain Bill's flight to save Audra's life.[YT]http://youtu.be/gzVdrtOZSrA[/YT] I love this scene.