The upcoming ‘It’ remake won’t be floating anywhere for quite some time after director Cary Fukunaga left the project on Monday amidst creative and financial differences with the studio….
The upcoming remake of the classic Stephen King book ‘It’ has been delayed indefinitely after director Cary Fukunaga (True Detective) left the project on Monday.
According to sources, Fukunaga was battling with New Line, the producers of the film, about the budget and creative vision he had for the film that was expected to span two movies.
Fukunaga’s vision included a first film that would cover a battle between a group of children and an evil entity known only as ‘It’ while they are growing up in the town of Derry, Maine. The second movie would feature the children all grown up as adults as the evil force returns more than 20 years later to wreak havoc on the town once again.
Apparently, Fukunaga’s plans went against what the studio wanted for the film so he opted to leave the project all together.
As of now, ‘It’ has been indefinitely shelved at New Line with no word on whether or not the movie may be put back into production at some point in the future or not.
Will Poulter (We’re the Millers) was set to star as the evil Pennywise the Clown in the updated version of the movie, but it appears for now the movie is dead in the water.
H/T: The Wrap
