In an effort to destroy yet another piece of my childhood, the Hollywood Reporter is reporting that Warner Bros. plans to film Stephen King's "It" for the big screen.You may recall that we already have a perfectly good adaptation of this book in the 1986 ABC miniseries that starred John Ritter, Harry Anderson, Annette O'Toole, Richard Thomas and Tim Curry as the evil clown Pennywise.
The story follows a group of kids who encounter a creature called It that preys on children and takes the form of a sadistic clown. They encounter the creature twice - as children and again as adults. Remember that scene where Tim Curry was in the sewer. That really freaked me out - actually it still does.
The remake is being written by Dave Kajganich who wrote "The Invasion" remake and is attached to the "Pet Semetary" remake and the "Escape from New York" remake. I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that Kajganich does not have a lot of original ideas in his head.
"It" without Tim Curry is like remaking "A Nightmare on Elm Street" without Robert Englund. You just don't do it. You listening to me Warner Bros.? Probably not.
