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Man, that teaser looks like some shytty youtube version of IT.
EDIT - It IS a shytty youtube version of IT.
EDIT - It IS a shytty youtube version of IT.
Stephen King's IT (Time to Float) - Official Thread
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The project, now at New Line, was most recently going to be directed by Cary Fukunaga (True Detective), but the filmmaker left the project after clashing with the studio. But now New Line has found a new filmmaker for their It adaptation: Andrés Muschietti, the director behind the Universal horror hit Mama.
The Hollywood Reporter has the scoop on Muschietti boarding the project. New Line will reportedly search for a newscreenwriter to craft a script to Muschietti’s vision, with the plan intact to film the adaptation in two parts. This is strange because one of the reported falling outs between Fukunaga and New Line had to do with the filmmaker’s insistence that the adaptation consist of two films, the first featuring the main characters as kids and the second following them into adulthood.
Will Poulter was in line to play the evil clown named Pennywise but is no longer officially attached to the project. That said, Poulter could return depending on scheduling and other factors.
I was very impressed by Muschietti’s short film Mama, which director Guillermo del Toro called one of the scariest short films he’s ever seen. I was less impressed by the feature film adaptation of that short film, although the cinematography was outstanding. This isn’t the first time Muschietti has been attached to a Stephen King project — earlier this year he optioned feature rights to The Jaunt, the 1981 Stephen King short story About teleportation travel.
http://www.slashfilm.com/it-movie-director/
The project, now at New Line, was most recently going to be directed by Cary Fukunaga (True Detective), but the filmmaker left the project after clashing with the studio. But now New Line has found a new filmmaker for their It adaptation: Andrés Muschietti, the director behind the Universal horror hit Mama.
The Hollywood Reporter has the scoop on Muschietti boarding the project. New Line will reportedly search for a newscreenwriter to craft a script to Muschietti’s vision, with the plan intact to film the adaptation in two parts. This is strange because one of the reported falling outs between Fukunaga and New Line had to do with the filmmaker’s insistence that the adaptation consist of two films, the first featuring the main characters as kids and the second following them into adulthood.
Will Poulter was in line to play the evil clown named Pennywise but is no longer officially attached to the project. That said, Poulter could return depending on scheduling and other factors.
I was very impressed by Muschietti’s short film Mama, which director Guillermo del Toro called one of the scariest short films he’s ever seen. I was less impressed by the feature film adaptation of that short film, although the cinematography was outstanding. This isn’t the first time Muschietti has been attached to a Stephen King project — earlier this year he optioned feature rights to The Jaunt, the 1981 Stephen King short story About teleportation travel.
http://www.slashfilm.com/it-movie-director/
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darealvelle
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hmm so this movie is still gonna get made?
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Cary Fukunaga Shares More Details About Why He Left STEPHEN KING’S IT
Back in May, director Cary Fukunaga abruptly left the planned two-movie adaptation of Stephen King’s It. At the time, “creative differences” were cited for Fukunaga’s exit in addition to clashes over the budget for the two movies with New Line Studios. Last month, Fukunaga briefly mentioned that he and the studio didn’t see eye-to-eye about the movies they were going to make. But now it seems as if Fukunaga is done holding back.
In a new interview for the cover story on Variety, Fukunaga went into detail about his exit from It. And according to Fukunaga, his departure was definitely not about the budget.
“I was trying to make an unconventional horror film,” explained Fukunaga. “It didn’t fit into the algorithm of what they knew they could spend and make money back on based on not offending their standard genre audience. Our budget was perfectly fine…It was the creative that we were really battling…In the first movie, what I was trying to do was an elevated horror film with actual characters. They didn’t want any characters. They wanted archetypes and scares. I wrote the script. They wanted me to make a much more inoffensive, conventional script. But I don’t think you can do proper Stephen King and make it inoffensive.”
Fukunaga also noted that he and co-writer Chase Palmer had used some of their own childhood experiences in the script for the first movie to flesh out the lives of the characters before they encountered the creature that was sometimes disguised as Pennywise the Clown.
“Our biggest fear was they were going to take our script and b*stardize it,” added Fukunaga. “So I’m actually thankful that they are going to rewrite the script. I wouldn’t want them to stealing our childhood memories and using that. I mean, I’m not sure if the fans would have liked what I would had done. I was honoring King’s spirit of it, but I needed to update it. King saw an earlier draft and liked it.”
The full length text of Fukunaga’s comments can be found on Variety’s website, and they include more details about his take on Pennywise and how much he hated being micro-managed on Stephen King’s It. New Line was reportedly looking for a director to replace Fukunaga, but a new helmer for Stephen King’s It has not yet been named.
Stephen King fans, what are your thoughts on Fukunaga’s exit from It? And who should be the next director? Share your thoughts in the comment section below!
Back in May, director Cary Fukunaga abruptly left the planned two-movie adaptation of Stephen King’s It. At the time, “creative differences” were cited for Fukunaga’s exit in addition to clashes over the budget for the two movies with New Line Studios. Last month, Fukunaga briefly mentioned that he and the studio didn’t see eye-to-eye about the movies they were going to make. But now it seems as if Fukunaga is done holding back.
In a new interview for the cover story on Variety, Fukunaga went into detail about his exit from It. And according to Fukunaga, his departure was definitely not about the budget.
“I was trying to make an unconventional horror film,” explained Fukunaga. “It didn’t fit into the algorithm of what they knew they could spend and make money back on based on not offending their standard genre audience. Our budget was perfectly fine…It was the creative that we were really battling…In the first movie, what I was trying to do was an elevated horror film with actual characters. They didn’t want any characters. They wanted archetypes and scares. I wrote the script. They wanted me to make a much more inoffensive, conventional script. But I don’t think you can do proper Stephen King and make it inoffensive.”
Fukunaga also noted that he and co-writer Chase Palmer had used some of their own childhood experiences in the script for the first movie to flesh out the lives of the characters before they encountered the creature that was sometimes disguised as Pennywise the Clown.
“Our biggest fear was they were going to take our script and b*stardize it,” added Fukunaga. “So I’m actually thankful that they are going to rewrite the script. I wouldn’t want them to stealing our childhood memories and using that. I mean, I’m not sure if the fans would have liked what I would had done. I was honoring King’s spirit of it, but I needed to update it. King saw an earlier draft and liked it.”
The full length text of Fukunaga’s comments can be found on Variety’s website, and they include more details about his take on Pennywise and how much he hated being micro-managed on Stephen King’s It. New Line was reportedly looking for a director to replace Fukunaga, but a new helmer for Stephen King’s It has not yet been named.
Stephen King fans, what are your thoughts on Fukunaga’s exit from It? And who should be the next director? Share your thoughts in the comment section below!
Yeah, if I saw it when I was a few years older, I wouldn't be as shook. Shyt, seeing it in 2015 for damn sure I wouldn't be shook. But it is still creepy. Seeing it around the early 90s as a kid though.... and half the film was reliving the childhoods too. Had me shook to look at shower drains for a minute.
Yeah, if I saw it when I was a few years older, I wouldn't be as shook. Shyt, seeing it in 2015 for damn sure I wouldn't be shook. But it is still creepy. Seeing it around the early 90s as a kid though.... and half the film was reliving the childhoods too. Had me shook to look at shower drains for a minute.
yeah, i think the first half with the kids coming to terms with pennywise and finally facing him was pretty creepy. i felt that jonathan brandis (r.i.p.) in particular really sold his role. when he was hurt, angry and terrified of pennywise for what he did to his brother, i empathized with how he felt.
I almost feel like new line is gonna cast some 20 year olds model looking actors as the kids and fukk it up completely...
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Calling it now going to suck but this guy will probably be good.
darealvelle
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yeah, i think the first half with the kids coming to terms with pennywise and finally facing him was pretty creepy. i felt that jonathan brandis (r.i.p.) in particular really sold his role. when he was hurt, angry and terrified of pennywise for what he did to his brother, i empathized with how he felt.
I almost feel like new line is gonna cast some 20 year olds model looking actors as the kids and fukk it up completely...
I agree i liked his acting in the movie. He was scared of pennywise, but yet he still wanted to fukk his ass up for killing his brother and did not bytch out from attempting to do it.
darealvelle
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I bought Stephen Kings Skeleton Crew a few months back for the Mist,and the Raft stories. I see this is listed in the book as well. I'm check it based on your recommendation.