An “It” remake is finally moving forward without Cary Fukunaga
Cary Fukunaga’s former dream project, a new version of Stephen King’s It, could shoot this year.
Cary Fukunaga is on to bigger and better things, like getting thoroughly snubbed for his Netflix exclusive film, Beasts of no Nation. Once upon a time, however, he was attached to — and was seriously hyping — a new two-part adaptation of Stephen King’s It. Things even progressed to the point that they had cast the new Pennywise.
And then it all fell apart. Cary Fukunaga and the studio didn’t see eye-to-eye, and so he dropped out. After that, another director picked it up and now it looks like it could really be happening. According to an interview with Collider, the new version of It is looking to film this year. With an R rating, no less.
NEW YORK, NY – NOVEMBER 16: (L-R) Cara Buckley, Idris Elba, Cary Fukunaga and Abraham Attah attend the TimesTalks: ‘Beast Of No Nation’ at Times Center on November 16, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Grant Lamos IV/Getty Images)
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Getting a high budget and an R rating is difficult. PG-13 films sell more tickets and are therefore the priority when it comes to big-budget blockbusters. According to producer Roy Lee, Cary Fukunaga’s script has been re-written and submitted for an R rating. They also seem to be treating the proposed budget gingerly, and will self-edit “to make it fit within the budget that we have.”
The recent mega-success of Deadpool could make it easier for R rated films to secure higher budgets and studio backing, though it’s unlikely that the new It will be anything like Deadpool.
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We’ll never know what Cary Fukunaga’s version of It would have looked like, but hopefully this shiny new one will get the job done. Let’s hope that it isn’t forced to undergo another round of studio-mandated cuts.
Via: Consequence of Sound