Stephen King's It Movie Reportedly Finding New Life At Warner Bros.

A few days ago, people were stunned to learn that director Cary Fukunaga (True Detective) had [...]

By Jay Jayson

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A few days ago, people were stunned to learn that director Cary Fukunaga (True Detective) had exited New Line's feature film adaptation of Stephen King's It. When that news came out it sounded as though It was stuck in development hell, but Bloody-Disgusting is reporting that it is still moving forward.

A source from the inside is telling us that the project is heading back to Warner Bros. (it was shifted to New Line during budget cuts), and that It will now be filming in New York. - Bloody-Disgusting

They go on to say that Warner Bros. is shopping for a new director to helm the project "and are currently meeting with candidates." WB is still planning on making two separate films. One would focus on the protagonists as children growing up in a small town where a monstrous creature, that takes the form of a clown, is murdering children. While the second film would show them as adults coming back to their hometown to deal with the creature once and for all. The pre-existing scripts are reportedly still in play.

Before Fukunaga departed, he had selected Will Poulter to play Pennywise The Clown. With the change in studios his status is unclear.

Who would you like to see direct It?

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