14 DAY TRIAL // When Hollywood lacks inspiration for a good new movie, it turns to the classics, it has often been said. This proves to be the case once more as Warner Bros. is now working on a remake of one of the most known horror TV series, based on a horror book by Stephen King, “It,” featuring Pennywise the killer clown, Variety informs.
Not only is the studio thinking of the remake, but it has already got a head start, naming a director who would bring Pennywise back in all its terrible glory. According to the report, Dave Kajganich will act as director, while Dan Lin, Roy Lee and Doug Davison will produce. No further details have been announced as of now, but even so, it seems that the entire crew will have the work cut out for them since remaking the original TV series will certainly prove to be a challenge.
As the guys from SlashFilm also point out, Stephen King’s book has more than 1,000 pages, while the series itself, made and broadcast by ABC in 1990, ran for approximately three hours. While taking all this material and transposing it on the big screen would certainly not bother diehard fans, it could prove a bit tiresome for that segment of the audience that is not accustomed to the story; therefore, Warner might try to cut it down to under two hours. This, in turn, would mean losing certain elements from the original series, which could, of course, end up doing more harm than good if not done in the right manner.
Hopefully, all these will be settled by the time “It” goes into production. Granted everything goes well, horror movie fans will have a blast with the remake, given that it deals with some of the most popular themes of the genre. As the official description of the novel goes, “‘It’ centers on seven children in a small Maine town who confront the source of a series of murders in 1958 and again in 1985, when the cycle begins again. They were just kids when they stumbled upon the hidden horror of their hometown. Now, as adults, none of them can withstand the force that has drawn them all back to Derry, Maine, to face the nightmare without end, and the evil without a name.”
Keep an eye on this space for more details on how Warner plans to bring Pennywise back from the dead, literally.