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Variety reports that the new theatrical version of IT has been making some progress. (Article is HERE) Warner Brothers has selected Cary Fukunaga and co-write the script with Chase Palmer. Palmer did the new adaptation of DUNE.
Variety also makes it clear that Warner Brothers sees this as an important project, writing:
A quarter of Warner-based producers -- Roy Lee, Dan Lin and the team of Seth Grahame-Smith and David Katzenberg via their Katz-Smith banner -- are producing the long-in-development project.The article notes that the book bounces between 1958 and 1985. Of course, there was earlier talk of moving the action up to the 80's and current -- thus cutting the 50's out. I hope they stay true to the book on this one!
Kevin Jagernauth writes at The Playlist:
before he gets to telling the tale of about a bunch of bullied kids, a shape-shifting demon clown, and what they have to face 30 years later, Fukunaga will first knock out his exciting HBO series "True Detective" with Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey. We're big fans of Fukunaga, and moreso because, like many of our favorite directors, he's curious about doing things he's never tried before. Fukunaga's take on a King horror story? Yep, we'd love to see it.
While it makes sense to have a two parter as this is the kind of story that wants space to savor in, I'm still skeptical of any hopeful prospects.
ReplyDeleteWhile I don't know how most fans feel about the 1990 miniseries, for it was capturing lightning in a bottle, it can't be duplicated twice.
For the record, whatever others might think, I can't honestly see any problem with Tim Curry's acting, I think it's a stellar performance.
ChrisC
Sadly, one of King's greatest works is about to fall victim to a growing and insidious trend in Hollywood: the two-parter. When they got away with ending Harry Potter with a two parter, then continued the rip-off with two parts of Twilight's finale, the table was set for a long string of popular works to be milked for every last drop of coinage that the idea-bankrupt studio executives could wring from popular franchises. And we, the movie-going public, gave them the green light by showing up in droves. Now they're going to do the same thing to King's opus. And as a tribute to just how devoid of new ideas this bunch has become, they're going to apply the two-parter gambit to a movie that's ALREADY BEEN DONE (and was done as a two-part presentation on ABC). It's no wonder that nearly every SK fan on the planet bemoans the way Hollywood has consistently botched nearly every silver screen adaptation of King's work (except maybe Carrie and The Shining). The complete lack of creativity that now defines Hollywood (Spiderman 8, Batman 27) will now defile another King project. Sad.
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