From Beetlejuice to Gremlins, the EW interview with Seth Grahame-Smith has been beyond revealing, as the writer appears to be one of the more candid filmmakers in Hollywood.
Also hidden within the lengthy piece, Grahame-Smith talks about the long-gestured adaptation of Stephen King’s It.
“I think that if anything, [the new film] will bring back some of the viciousness of the book that they couldn’t do with the miniseries because it was for broadcast… I think it’s going to be very scary, but I also feel like you’ve got Cary who is going to direct these kids—and he’s incredible at casting, incredible at shooting. He’s incredible with tone and atmosphere. One of the things I wanted to do is be a part of one of the really good King adaptations. As we know, there is an echelon of King adaptations that are classics. There are some that are okay. There are some that we’d rather forget.”
Warner Bros. has been developing for what feels like an eternity, here’s an update on the progress:
“We’re going to get a draft, what is supposed to be the shooting [script], any day now from Cary and his writing partner… We’re doing a deal for them to write the second movie. Our hope is to prep sometime in the next few months and shoot in the summer. That one is as much on the runway as we can possibly be. I know New Line is ready to go.”
The 1990 television series took place in 1960, where seven outcast kids known as “The Loser Club” fight an evil demon who poses as a child-killing clown (pictured; Pennywise). 30 years later, they are called back to fight the same clown again.
