New Writer Wants a Rated-R “It”
I hate horror remakes! I hate them with a passion. I don’t support them and I don’t waste my time with trying to accept them for what they are. Yet if there was ever a movie that could use a fine-tuning- it would be It. The original 1990 two night television event was based off the Steven King novel. Dread Central caught up with the films new writer David Kajganich.
"The remake will be set in the mid-1980s and in the present almost equally -- mirroring the twenty-odd-year gap King uses in the book -- and with a *great* deal of care and attention paid to the backstories of all the characters, I think the real twist here is that my pitch to WB -- which they've assured me they're on board for -- is that this will not be PG-13. This will be R. Which means we can really honor the book and engage with the traumas (both the paranormal ones and those they deal with at home and school) that these characters endure."
"I plan to be very protective of the book, the reality, though, is that WB wants to do this as a single film, so I will have to kill a few darlings to make that happen. You have my promise, though, that I will do this with the utmost humility and respect for King's work. He's the King, after all, and I intend to continue to pledge to him my allegiance."
Kajganich is definitely taking the script in the right direction. The television- movie was too tame and towards the end it grew lame. The movie has to be evil, sick and most importantly dangerous. Now a days horror movies have lost that danger component which it was so known for during the 70’s and early to mid 80’s. Let’s hope Kajganich’s script stays unharmed. from the W.B. heads.
-Ernest
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