New Line will now take the lead on horror, bringing the company back to one of its roots. It was once known as the House that Freddy Built due to the long-standing success of the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise. Horror is now having a resurgence at the company -- the emphasis is less slashery and more thrills and chills -- as evidenced by last year's hit The Conjuring.Borys then shares that IT appears to be a two part movie plan. It appears they will follow the path the mini-series did, focusing first on the kids, then the adults in a sequel. "It will be overseen by the division's Walter Hamada and Dave Neustadter, along with Warners vp production Niija Kuykendall, who will also stay involved with the project."
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Pennywise Still Creeping Toward The Theater
Borys Kit posted news at the Hollywood Reporter that Warner Brothers, which had been developing Stephen King's IT has given the project to it's New Line division. New Line appears to be WB choice to lead the way on horror films. Which is good news to fans! IT needs to be seen as a horror movie.
"Borys then shares that IT appears to be a two part movie plan. It appears they will follow the path the mini-series did, focusing first on the kids, then the adults in a sequel."
ReplyDeleteThis does sort of make me wonder about something. While there's no real telling, I wonder if Fukunaga is going to be saddled with a pre-determined, studio dictated remake, like with Carrie movie.
Granted, I still basically liked that remake, and I still like the It mini-series, so who knows.
ChrisC