It looks like the big-screen adaptation of Stephen King's IT is being shelved indefinitely. Cary Fukunaga, who has won praise for his direction of HBO's True Detective, left the project just three weeks before filming was set to begin.
Fukunaga had a vision of how the story would take place, and it was planned to be a two-movie story. New Line had recently acquired the rights to the story from Warner Brothers, and after reading Fukunaga's script, realized that his vision was way above their budget. Fukunaga also wanted to film in New York, while New Line wanted someplace that didn't quite cost so much. The film had originally tried to get Ben Mendelsohn (Bloodline) to play the part of Pennywise, but New Line wanted Mendelsohn to take a pay cut, which he refused, so the part went to Will Poulter. Then New Line wanted Fukunaga to condense the two-movie script into one film, due to budget constraints. Naturally, Fukunaga walked.
You see the pattern that took place here?
Hey, New Line...if you can't afford to make a good movie, don't settle for making one of sub-par quality. You want to know why movie studios irritate the crap out of us movie goers? It's because of junk like this!
If everything that's been reported is true, I can honestly say I am glad that they won't be making this film!
**UPDATE**
Warner Brothers regained copyrights for the film, and are currently trying to select a new director...This movie might not be done with after all ! AND they're open to the concept of a two-part film, so if they go with the original script, it might not suck after all! More updates as they unfold!
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