Pennywise is coming to the Big Screen!

Some BIG news here for fans of Stephen King… not so good for those who suffer coulrophobia (that’s the fear of clowns). Warner Bros is developing a big screen adaptation of Stephen King’s beloved best-selling horror novel It. Dave Kajganich (The Invasion) has been brought on to write the screenplay.

While the TV mini-series wasn’t “perfect” it was a great telling of the story. King’s novels, especially his older/longer novels, I feel work better as mini-series because with more screen time than a typical feature film, more of the story makes the cut. So, it’ll be interesting to see how this version works, or doesn’t?

For those of you who HAVEN’T read the book, or at least seen the TV mini-series, here’s the breakdown:

…follows a group of kids called the Losers Club that encounter a creature called It, which preys on children and whose favorite form is that of a sadistic clown called Pennywise. When the creature resurfaces, the kids are called upon to regroup again, this time as adults, even though they have no memory of the first battle. — HR

The novel takes place during two eras, 1958 and 1985, which chronicles the central characters’ experience with Pennywise the Clown as children and again as adults. Apparently, the new feature adaptation will take place in modern day. Not sure what this means about the childhood back story… whether it will be cut or not. The TV mini-series starred John Ritter, Harry Anderson and Annette O’Toole.

However, the truly golden part of the mini-series was Tim Curry as Pennywise! So, this begs the question… who plays Pennywise in the feature adaptation? Sure, we could easily say Tim Curry, but come on… we all know that’s not going to happen. After all, Robert Englund isn’t playing Freddy Krueger in that remake. One thing’s for sure, they sure as Hell better not go full CGI!

[source: Hollywood Reporter]