While Stephen King's "It" movie remake has been an on-again off-again project, Variety exclusively reported that it will finally move forward with a new actor in tow to play the iconic evil villain Pennywise the Clown.
"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," the publication claimed.
It's been previously reported by Bloody Disgusting that director Cary Fukinaga is having a hard time looking for the "perfect guy" to play the role that Tim Curry iconicized.
"I've been in this project for about five years," Fukunaga admitted. "I had already read versions of the script but nothing felt right. Everybody tried to put too much into it, telling it from the perspective of the adult and the child in a two hour movie. It didn't fit. So I decided to throw it all away and start from scratch".
Adding, "this will be my first movie in the U.S. and I'm still trying to find the perfect guy to play Pennywise. It's really good to know Stephen [King] likes what we did. We [Fukunaga and writers David Kajganich and Chase Palmer] changed names, dates [the story is originally set in the 60s] dynamics, but the spirit is similar to what he'd like to see in cinemas, I think".
While nothing much has been revealed about the movie's progress, producer Dan Lin has previously told Vulture that the target date for "It" movie remake shooting is this summer.
"The idea is to start official prep in March for a summer shoot [in 2015]," Lin revealed. "Cary likes to develop things for a while, and we've been with this for about three or four years, so we're super excited that he stayed with it. You guys are gonna be really excited."
Without revealing too much about the plot, Lin confirmed previous speculations that "It" movie remake is going to be a two-part series.
"The book is so epic that we couldn't tell it all in one movie and service the characters with enough depth," Lin revealed.
Furthermore he expressed his confidence in this project, claiming that despite previous failed attempts, Stephen King has finally given this project his "blessing."
"The most important thing is that Stephen King gave us his blessing," said Lin. "We didn't want to make this unless he felt it was the right way to go, and when we sent him the script, the response that Cary got back was, 'Go with God, please! This is the version the studio should make.' So that was really gratifying."
