It (2017)
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Director:
Andy MuschiettiStars:
In the Town of Derry, the local kids are disappearing one by one,
leaving behind bloody remains. In a place known as 'The Barrens', a
group of seven kids are united by their horrifying and strange
encounters with an evil clown and their determination to kill It. But what the story behind IT and the clown called Pennywise?
Pennywise is a shapeshifting being, that originated in a mysterious void containing and surrounding the Universe. His other powers and abilities are illusions, partial invisibility, regeneration, telepathy and many more. Pennywise's real name has never been known. Although, it claims its true name to be Robert Gray - and is named "It" by the group of children who later decided to confront the creature. Pennywise finally got killed in 1985 by the group of children that tried to kill him back in the 50s.
Although Bill Skarsgård was on set for the majority of production, he
didn't actually begin filming his scenes until more than half of
shooting was complete. The time before he actually started filming was
spent working with Andrés Muschietti and the producers in order to
perfect his mannerisms as Pennywise, as Skarsgård stated that he felt an
immense amount of pressure to play the role perfectly due to Tim
Curry's well-regarded performance in It (1990).
27 is a number that often becomes associated with this story. This movie is set to be released 27 years after the original television release. In the book, it is mentioned that "It" returns to Derry approximately every 27 years. Jonathan Brandis, who played young Bill in the original film, died at 27 years old. This movie released one month after Bill Skarsgard (Pennywise) 27th birthday.
The new films will feature the more disturbing aspects of the novel that the original TV film wasn't able to touch upon. Some of these include the more extreme acts of violence committed by Pennywise and the bullies as well as the dark sexual undertones present throughout the novel (Eddie Kaspbrak's encounter with the Leper, the relationship between Henry Bowers and Patrick Hockstetter, etc). However it is very unlikely that the infamous child orgy scene from the novel will be included as not only would it earn the film an NC-17 rating, but it would also be severely traumatizing for the child actors to film as well.
When Andy Muschietti initially signed on to direct, the studio had wanted him to use exactly the same script that Cary Fukunaga had planned on using, with the only edits being the omission of the more controversial scenes that would've earned the film an NC-17 rating (such as Henry Bowers having sex with a sheep and ejaculating on a birthday cake, or Beverly's father attempting to rape her). Muschietti loved the structure and human drama of Fukunaga's version, but requested that he be allowed to slightly edit the script to make it more faithful to the novel, which the studio chose to allow. These changes included putting in the Leper and Bill's stutter, elements from the novel which Fukunaga had cut, as well as changing names back to their original novel forms (Will to Bill, Travis to Henry, Snatch to Belch, etc.) and changing the firework fight back to the "Apocalyptic Rock Fight." Muschietti also planned on including the "Smokehole" scene in which Richie and Mike use a Native American tradition to have a vision which details how It arrived on Earth millions of years ago. Due to the extensive CGI needed for this scene, it was deemed too expensive for the film and Muschietti was forced to cut it from the script.
The trailer for this film enraged real-life professional clowns, who stated that the Pennywise character will encourage people to think of clowns as scary and murderous (though the filmmakers and actors have said, clearly, that Pennywise is not a clown at all, but a representation of IT's pure evil, who takes on the form out of a mix of sadism and childishness). Rallies to defend the good name in general of clowns in the U.S. are planned for October 2017, the month after IT is released in theatres.
The end of the novel leaves the fate of Pennywise ambiguous, and even the first line of the story hints that he may still be alive. However, Stephen King has sworn to never write about Pennywise again, as King claims that the character is too scary, even for him.
Let's see how the character is doing in the newest version of IT, coming in September 7/8, 2017.
Thanks for reading and have fun watching IT.
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