People are terribly afraid of clowns. Most people of a certain age came by that fear after meeting Pennywise the Dancing Clown through Stephen King's It. Fans of the work are going to be treated to a brand new serving of the infamous clown, Vulture reports.
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Producer Dan Lin has confirmed that It would be his next live action outing, which is a complete 180 from his last big movie, The Lego Movie. Cary Fukunaga will be taking on the role of director for the project and if his recent work on True Detective is any indication (he directed every single episode), it will do the Dancing Clown justice.
The last time It saw any screen time was way back in the bad old days of 1990 with an ABC TV miniseries that followed the story of the child killing clown. Pennywise was played by the excellent Tim Curry and if you can say nothing else about the movie, he was, at the very least, truly frightening. Much like the ABC adaptation, the new film will be split into two films. The first will follow the kids in the blood-soaked coming of age story while the second will revisit them as adults as they come back to take out the horror once and for all. Fukunaga is only committed to the first for now.
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The movie hasn't begun official casting or other prep work despite being "in the works" for a number of years. Fukunaga likes to take his time with projects. Of course, being that It is such a massive undertaking, this may not be such a bad thing. The current plan is to begin shooting in the summer. As an added bonus, Stephen King has given his blessing. According to Lin, when they gave the author the script his response was, "Go with God, please! This is the version the studio should make."
