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Stephen King’s Perfect Response to His ‘It’ Adaptation’s Potential Death…
This past Memorial Day ended with the sickening news that New Line Cinema had pulled the plug on It, the latest adaptation of the Stephen King novella.
Location scouting was under way with “True Detective” director Cary Fukunaga taking the reigns, and Will Poulter (We’re The Millers) cast to play the villainous clown “Pennywise”.
And while the modern day take could be dead forever, King shared this uplifting thought that was just perfect.
“The remake of IT may be dead–or undead–but we’ll always have Tim Curry,” King stated on Twitter. “He’s still floating down in the sewers of Derry.”
Fukunaga’s vision for It was to create two separate films, one which tackled the protagonists as children and the second film to focus on them as adults.
When Warner Bros. handed the film off to New Line, there were alleged budget cuts that would take It out of New York. The weak opening of the Poltergeist remake, which also heavily used a clown in their marketing, is also said to be one of the main reasons Pennywise will remain in the sewers.
The killer tomatoes are back in Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: Organic Intelligence, and the offiical poster for the brand new movie has been unleashed tonight.
Additionally, we’ve learned that the film’s theatrical release is set for this August, with a panel set for San Diego Comic-Con this month featuring the world premiere of the trailer.
While you wait, check out the official poster down below.
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: Organic Intelligence will be released in select cities across the US beginning August 7th in major cities such as Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, San Diego, and others, and expanding to further locations throughout the month.
The fifth installment in the horror-comedy franchise pits the eternal power of nature against AI’s best and brightest.
In Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: Organic Intelligence, a young biotech prodigy develops a revolutionary genetically engineered vegetable designed to solve humanity’s problems. But when the experiment spirals out of control, it unleashes a new generation of killer tomatoes, setting the stage for another outrageous chapter in the long-running cult franchise.
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes co-creators Costa Dillon and J. Stephen Peace return to write and executive produce. David Ferino directs.
The film features an ensemble cast led by franchise icon John Astin (The Addams Family), reprising his role as Professor Gangreen, comedy legend David Koechner (Anchorman), Academy Award nominee Eric Roberts (The Dark Knight), horror favorite Catherine Corcoran (Terrifier), comedy veteran Dan Bakkedahl (Veep), Myrna Velasco (Star Wars Resistance), Vernée Watson (Shrinking, Fresh Prince of Bel-Air), and Paul Bates (Coming to America).
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes launched in 1979, followed by 1988’s Return of the Killer Tomatoes, 1991’s Killer Tomatoes Strike Back, and 1992’s Killer Tomatoes Eat France.
The franchise also spawned an animated series in 1990.
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