Andres Muschietti

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    Stephen King's It director not a fan of original Tim Curry version

    Curry played the clown in a two-part miniseries in 1990 for ABC in the US, and his horrifying make-up has long been admired in horror circles.

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    The Mummy: four movies which never got made

    Looking at the versions of the Universal horror classic which never made it to screens.

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    It trailer sets new online viewing record

    The ‘It’ trailer, giving our first glimpses of Bill Skarsgård in action as the demonic clown Pennywise, was viewed a mind-blowing 197 million times within one day after being released this past Wednesday. EW report that 81 million of these views came from Facebook US alone, where the trailer was shared 1.8 million times.

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    Stephen King’s It wraps production; creepy teaser photo released

    Barbara Muschietti took to Instagram to let followers know the good news, and give them a little fuel for nightmares in the process. Hopefully that’s a nice birthday present for the esteemed author, who just turned 69 this week. The big screen take on ‘It’ has been in development for many years, infamously coming close to being made by ‘True Detective’ and ‘Beasts of No Nation’ director Cary Fukunaga with Will Poulter in the pivotal role of the evil clown Pennywise.

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    Stephen King’s It Scheduled For September 2017 Release

    Studio Warner Bros, who are releasing ‘It’ via their subsidiary New Line Cinema, have announced the first part of the two-volume film, to be directed by Andrés Muschietti, will hit US cinemas on 8 September 2017. First published in 1986, ‘It’ is one of King’s best-loved and lengthiest books (well over 1,000 pages), and was previously shot as a TV mini-series in 1990, with Tim Curry in the central role of the evil clown Pennywise. ‘Mama’ director Muschietti boarded the ‘It’ movie in summer 2015

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    Stephen King’s It Will Be Filmed This Year, Says Producer

    The troubled big screen adaptation of Stephen King’s epic novel ‘It’ should finally go before cameras later this year, according to producer Roy Lee. Lee tells Collider, “It will hopefully be shooting later this year. ‘Mama’ director Andrés Muschietti came on board the long in-development movie in July 2015, replacing original director Cary Fukunaga (’True Detective,’ ’Beasts of No Nation’) who quit over creative clashes with studio New Line Cinema.