Stephen King's "It" to be made into a film...

[Neil]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7941335.stm If I recall the book and the TV-mini series, as with so many Stephen King stories, then end is a big let down

[AcesandEights]

Ugggh, they need to produce some of his existing, untapped material as films, not re-tread stories people have seen in such great detail. I sympathize a bit more with wanting to expand a previous film to a miniseries to address portions of excised or truncated material, but...double meh to this re-do.

[MoonSylver]

Ugggh, they need to produce some of his existing, untapped material as films, not re-tread stories people have seen in such great detail. I sympathize a bit more with wanting to expand a previous film to a miniseries to address portions of excised or truncated material, but...double meh to this re-do. I'm seeing a trend here, as in the Fantastic Four thread..."Oh, we fucked it up the first time? Let's do it again!" NO MULLIGANS DAMNIT!!! DO IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME!!!

[Neil]

"Oh, we fucked it up the first time? Let's do it again!" From what I recall, the mini-series of "IT" was pretty good? Just the ending let it down, which was really due to the source material (King's novel)? I recall Tim Curry being fantastically creepy in it!

[MoonSylver]

From what I recall, the mini-series of "IT" was pretty good? Just the ending let it down, which was really due to the source material (King's novel)? I recall Tim Curry being fantastically creepy in it! As a fan of the book I was only "meh" on it. It's another one of those King books that is fantastically heavy, w/ lot's of back story (which doesn't convert well to film/screen) & there's a lot of deeper meaning behind "It" & where the Losers were getting their help from, etc. I dunno, some of King's stuff seems to translate better than others? Seems like the more "straightforward" stuff translates pretty well, but the more "cosmic" stuff, that ties together in the "King-verse" kinda looses something in translation. Being a TV movie instead of a feature didn't really help either... "The Stand" being another one that, IMO, The TV movie format did no favors (wonder how long before they'll remake IT as well?)

[slickwilly13]

Why are they remaking this? The t.v. series was meh. Though, I liked Tim Curry as a clown. Btw, what the hell was he? He went from murderous clown to glowing monster floating around in the sewers. I never read the book, btw.

[AcesandEights]

From what I recall, the mini-series of "IT" was pretty good? Just the ending let it down, which was really due to the source material (King's novel)? I agree. For it's day, and the fact that it was a made for tv mini-series, the production was quite good, save for the ending (per usual King-style )

[Danny]

Who do they think can replace tim curry?, JHONNY DEPP?!?, SETH ROGAN?!?! WILL WEATON!!!!!11!!ONEONE!!

[Neil]

As a fan of the book Was the ending as poor as I recall?

[bassman]

Who do they think can replace tim curry?, JHONNY DEPP?!?, SETH ROGAN?!?! WILL WEATON!!!!!11!!ONEONE!! Michael Cera.

[MoonSylver]

Was the ending as poor as I recall? I liked it...bit of a downer in some respects, a bit bittersweet in others. The whole concept of the book & the town of Derry in general was pretty epic to me, ending included. Insomnia was another good one along those lines, also set in Derry.

[ProfessorChaos]

i remember the tv miniseries and read the book when i was younger....stephen king's got some freaky scene in the book where all the boys basically gangbang the chick (she's down for it) that hangs with them and they all lose their virginity together or something. i'd rather see more of kings short stories adapted into episodes, perhaps like the twilight zone movie where you've got four really great shorts, or even a double-film like grindhouse. "road work" and "the long walk" from the bachman books are two that would make a great double feature, imo. probably wouldn't be box-office smashes and bring in tons of texting teeny-boppers, but with the right people working on them, they'd be great.

[Tricky]

I always thought of the TV mini series as a film anyway,and no doubt some cocky kid of a director will make it into a CGI fest with model-like teens in all the lead roles! The book is awesome & the ending makes much more sense,the TV version had a worthy stab at the book but yes the end was a let down,but it would be hard to translate all that "deadlights" stuff to screen anyway,it only works in your own imagination from the words on the page

[MikePizzoff]

Why are they remaking this? The t.v. series was meh. Though, I liked Tim Curry as a clown. Btw, what the hell was he? He went from murderous clown to glowing monster floating around in the sewers. I never read the book, btw. Don't forget giant spider form. Pennywise the clown was your biggest fears, I believe.

[blind2d]

This book (IT) is the reason I didn't kill myself in Junior year. Also loved The Long Walk. Totally could see it as a movie. King is... King, but Romero is Lord. Respect.