Stephen King's "It" movie remake is well on its way to becoming a reality with director Cary Fukunaga on board.
However, the upcoming project has yet to find Tim Curry's replacement to play Pennywise the dancing clown.
Bloody Disgusting reported that Fukunaga is having troubles in looking for the "perfect guy" to play the iconic evil villain.
"I've been in this project for about five years," Fukunaga admitted. "I had already read versions of the script but nothing felt right. Everybody tried to put too much into it, telling it from the perspective of the adult and the child in a two hour movie. It didn't fit. So I decided to throw it all away and start from scratch".
Adding, "this will be my first movie in the U.S. and I'm still trying to find the perfect guy to play Pennywise. It's really good to know Stephen [King] likes what we did. We [Fukunaga and writers David Kajganich and Chase Palmer] changed names, dates [the story is originally set in the 60s] dynamics, but the spirit is similar to what he'd like to see in cinemas, I think".
While Fukunaga is still scrambling in finding Tim Curry's replacement, producer Dan Lin has previously told Vulture that the target date for "It" movie remake shooting this summer.
"The idea is to start official prep in March for a summer shoot [in 2015]," Lin revealed. "Cary likes to develop things for a while, and we've been with this for about three or four years, so we're super excited that he stayed with it. You guys are gonna be really excited."
However, the idea might not seem possible as there has been no cast announcement yet.
While his information was limited to the production date, he did confirm previous speculations that Stephen King's "It" movie remake would be shown in a two-part series.
"The book is so epic that we couldn't tell it all in one movie and service the characters with enough depth," Lin revealed.
Lin is also confident that their version of "It" movie remake would make it to the big screen, despite previous failed attempts, since Stephen King has reportedly given them his "blessing" to pursue with the project.
"The most important thing is that Stephen King gave us his blessing," said Lin. "We didn't want to make this unless he felt it was the right way to go, and when we sent him the script, the response that Cary got back was, 'Go with God, please! This is the version the studio should make.' So that was really gratifying."
