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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 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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Dwayne Johnson’s San Andreas Getting A Sequel
Are we going to have a series with Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson taking on natural disasters? Well, who’s going to argue?
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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.
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Cary Fukunaga Explains Quitting It: Studio Wanted “Inoffensive, Conventional” Horror Movie
Director Cary Fukunaga has spoken at length on why he walked away from the long in-development big screen adaptation of Stephen King’s novel ‘It’ - and his remarks paint a fairly scathing portrait of his producers at Warner Bros and New Line Cinema. - Director Wes Craven Dies - James Wan Hints At Monster Movie - Laments of Nightmare On Elm Street Reboot Make-Up Artist Fukunaga had been attached to ‘It’ since 2012, and says he “was trying to make an unconventional horror film. They didn’t care
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Nightmare On Elm Street To Be Rebooted Again
Yes, it’s been reported that 1980s horror franchise ‘A Nightmare On Elm Street’ is set to be revived once more - with hopes for greater success than the much-maligned 2010 effort. According to The Tracking Board, New Line Cinema plan to completely disregard the existing reboot, which saw Jackie Earle Haley take over from original actor Robert Englund in the role of dream demon Freddy Krueger, and produce “a fresh new take” on the property. Cast, director and producer announcements are all a lo
