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Various Monsters in ‘IT’ Will Be Very Different from the Book
One of the bummers of the 1990 adaptation of IT is that the titular monster was mostly in his Pennywise form throughout the entire thing. In Stephen King’s novel, however, “IT” took the form of a homeless leper, a werewolf and even the shark from Jaws, appearing in different forms to different characters.
We already know that the Leper (played by Javier Botet) will appear in this year’s film, and director Andy Muschietti just teased the other monstrous forms “IT” will be taking.
Speaking with Variety, Muschietti revealed that they’ll be very different from the incarnations present in King’s story.
“[Stephen King] tweeted about it and said the movie exceeded his expectations. After that we started a private email exchange because I was so excited about his response,” Muschietti told the site. “My first letter was me asking for indulgence and forgiveness for having changed things. The story is the same, but there are changes in the things the kids are scared of. In the book they’re children in the ’50s, so the incarnations of the monsters are mainly from movies, so it’s Wolf Man, the Mummy, Frankenstein, Dracula.”
“I had a different approach,” he continued. “I wanted to bring out deeper fears, based not only on movie monsters but on childhood traumas.”
Which movie monsters will “IT” take the form of? We have no way of knowing. But it’s worth noting that Freddy Krueger is owned by New Line. And IT is a New Line film.
Just saying.
In IT, directed by Andy Muschietti…
A group of young kids face their biggest fears when they seek answers to the disappearance of children in their hometown of Derry, Maine. They square off against an evil clown named Pennywise, whose history of murder and violence dates back for centuries.
The kids in peril, the Losers’ Club, include Jaeden Lieberher, Finn Wolfhard, Jack Dylan Grazer, Wyatt Oleff, Chosen Jacobs and Jeremy Ray Taylor. Javier Botet will play The Leper, and Nicholas Hamilton plays Henry Bowers. The cast also includes Owen Teague, who plays bully Patrick Hocksetter. Bill Skarsgard is our new Pennywise.
The film will be in theaters September 8, 2017.
Paradise turns deadly in the new trailer for The Devil’s Mouth, trapping a group of friends with summer’s deadliest movie monster: sharks.
The Devil’s Mouth debuts globally on Prime Video on July 29.
In the film, “Five friends set out on one last adventure along Thailand’s stunning coast, eager for a final thrill before life in the real world begins. They sign up for a guided swim through a remote cave system known as The Devil’s Mouth, a natural wonder that’s as breathtaking as it is unforgiving. Deep inside the labyrinth of narrow waterways, their journey takes a terrifying turn when they discover that a freak storm the week before flooded the caves with sea life.
The creatures died in the fresh water, but something survived… and it’s hunting them now— fast, silent, and deadly. Every corridor they round is overflowing with anxiety, and every wrong turn becomes a deadly encounter. As panic spreads and their sense of direction slips away, the group begins to fracture. Trust erodes, fear takes over, and survival becomes a savage game. In the suffocating darkness, every choice could be their last as they learn that to make it out alive, sacrifices must be made.”
Jeff Wadlow (Truth or Dare, Imaginary) directs the shark attack movie from a script he revised from Aja Gabel (“Sunny”) and Myung Joh Wesner (“Star Wars: Skeleton Crew”).
Kathryn Newton (Abigail, Lisa Frankenstein, Ready or Not 2: Here I Come), Lana Condor (Pretty Lethal), Nico Hiraga, Gavin Casalegno, Tommi Rose, and Tayme Thapthimthong star.
The upcoming survival thriller The Devil’s Mouth has been rated PG-13 by the MPA for “violent content, bloody images, some language, and suggestive material.”
Check out the trailer and poster below.
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