Finally a movie remake to Stephen King's hit classic novel "It" is now gearing up following years of development.
While Bloody Disgusting previously claimed that director Cary Fukunaga is having a hard time looking for the perfect replacement to Tim Curry's iconic character Pennywise the Clown, Variety exclusively reported the team have found the one.
"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.
Cary previously admitted that "It" movie remake will be her first U.S. movie and that she had to start from scratch after reading all the script and storyline that has been previously made.
"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".
Producer Dan Lin added during his previous interview with 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."
He also confirmed previous speculations that "It" movie remake will be a two-part series saying,
"The book is so epic that we couldn't tell it all in one movie and service the characters with enough depth," Lin revealed.
