Celeb News: IT remake has found its Pennywise

Frogger17

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New Line and “True Detective” director Cary Fukunaga have found their “It.”

Sources tell Variety that Will Poulter (“We’re the Millers”) is in negotiations to play Pennywise, the evil monster who lured in children disguised as a clown, in the upcoming remake of Stephen King’s horror classic.

Fukunaga will direct “It,” which will be split into two feature films.

King’s popular book was made into a TV miniseries in 1991 starring John Ritter and Tim Curry, who played the clown in terrifying fashion. A film adaptation was never undertaken given the size of the King novel, but Fukunaga has been very vocal recently that the latest script will stay true to the King story while also giving the film a new look.

After considering older actors like Mark Rylance and Ben Mendelsohn for the Pennywise role, New Line wanted to take a different route and go younger. New Line also distributed Poulter’s “We’re the Millers,” which co-starred Jennifer Aniston and Jason Sudeikis.

Sources say in the end, Fukunaga could not say no after being blown away by Poulter’s audition for the part and felt he was the right choice for the role.

While the role is dark and evil, sources say Poulter is more than capable of taking on the character especially after his work on New Regency’s “The Revenant,” starring Leonardo DiCaprio. In the Alejandro Gonzalez Innaritu film, he plays one of the robbers who leaves DiCaprio for dead after he is mauled in the wilderness by a bear. Insiders who have seen early footage feel that Poulter, 22, is more than ready for a villainous lead.

http://variety.com/2015/film/news/wi...ke-1201446495/

Mike91

There is literally no reason AT ALL to remake this film.

MasterXPosed

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Originally posted by Mike91

There is literally no reason AT ALL to remake this film.

MTE

iLays

I'm so sick of remakes, like

I still haven't seen this though and I know its such a classic. Maybe i'll watch it tonight on NetFlix

Moment4Life

This actor is so...odd looking. Like a mess.

I hope they do the iconic film justice though.

Digitalism

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Originally posted by Mike91

There is literally no reason AT ALL to remake this film.

Actually there is. Have you read the book? People have always complained that the movie is nothing like the book. The director even makes it clear in the article that they will stay true to the book

ManDown

His look is definitely interesting enough to fit. I hope this is good.

LuLuDrops

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Originally posted by Digitalism

Actually there is. Have you read the book? People have always complained that the movie is nothing like the book. The director even makes it clear in the article that they will stay true to the book

I would like to see an ending like the book - the budget of the old adaption didn't allow it and maybe with new technology the end could be great.

Tylerbv

no one can replace tim curry doe

unbothered

I could see why they remade this. The first film actually made a lot of changes from the book.

NewRihannaStan

Rogue

I'm glad they are remaking because as said before, the TV movie rushed through the plot and left A LOT out.

I obviously don't expect them to include stuff like the boys having sex with Beverly or Henry's homosexual experiment. They really should dive deep into the character's personality/struggles/traumatic events and show how Pennywise took on a different appearance for each kid, in which they failed to do in the TV movie.

As for the actor, I can't judge. Hopefully they chose right, I want this movie to be so good.

Αnt

He's too young.

JackOfHearts

I'm... excited! Or at least, I'm kinda tired of people who say they'd refuse to see it if it's not Tim Curry. He did a grand job, but this remake has such potential to be so cool, and this guy looks like he could play creepy very well.

Reza

mess at pennywise being younger than the people he is terrorizing. this is gonna be a mess.

Toya

Lol and just like that all the coulrophobiacs just had simultaneous meltdowns.

Blur

I'll try to watch it whenever it comes out to make my own mind. But I'm convinced they won't be able to recreate the unbelievable chemistry the kids had in the TV movie, which was the main reason the whole thing worked in the first place and made you disregard its flaws (let's not forget the out of this world performance from Curry).
Also, the book's ending is really boring and anticlimatic so even if they get better special effects this time, I don't know how they'll manage to make it more entertaining (maybe by changing it?).

posh

Will Poulter is great, though. I guess that alone will add some kind of redeeming factor.

PopBoi

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Originally posted by Αnt

He's too young.

I have a feeling casting and the director etc know better than you do tho.

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Originally posted by Digitalism

Actually there is. Have you read the book? People have always complained that the movie is nothing like the book. The director even makes it clear in the article that they will stay true to the book

Right. This is just one of those situations where some people get up on their high horse because a film is being remade and jump in like "the original is a classic and shouldnt be touched !!!!!!1!!" when most don't actually have a clue

Gossip_Boy

JUST got done reading the book, good stuff.

You know, this is kind of interesting casting. That kid has such a strange face. If he has the acting chops to pull it off, this might be really cool.