IT Remake (2017)

Fluke? · 29 Mar 2017 at 17:51

Being a fan of the novel and original mini series I've been following news of the remake with interest, which has been on-off-on-off-on for several years now with its last cancellation only a few weeks before filming was due to start.

Anywho, the teaser trailer is now out and I think it looks as good as could be hoped.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1396484/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_(2017_film)

I'll be interested to see how well Bill Skarksgard does as Pennywise, as he's certainly got some very big shoes to fill.. (HA!)

ivrytwr3 · 29 Mar 2017 at 17:59

OMG - looks v good.

The book was amazing and the mini series was v good aside from the final act (hypno spider!).

But this looks another level of scary!

wedrum · 29 Mar 2017 at 18:04

Yes can't wait for this

Droolinggimp · 29 Mar 2017 at 18:39

I'm hyped for this. IT is one of 5 books I read from front to back ever.

wolfie138 · 29 Mar 2017 at 19:00

meh. totally missed the boat on this clowns-are-scary thing.

McBain · 29 Mar 2017 at 19:25

Looks outstanding.

Kainz · 29 Mar 2017 at 19:40

I lost it when the kid banged his head on the sign lol. Looks great so far!

Random Guy Esq. · 29 Mar 2017 at 20:13

Feared the worst, but that looks pretty good.

Midlife Crisis · 29 Mar 2017 at 20:35

Cue the return of the killer clowns
This looks proper scary

Andybtsn · 29 Mar 2017 at 20:36

Depends on the rating of it. If it's a 12 then lol.

Midlife Crisis · 29 Mar 2017 at 20:38

needs to be a full on 18 or nothing

Random Guy Esq. · 29 Mar 2017 at 21:03

^Agreed, although I do NOT want the bonding scene from the book.

Fluke? · 29 Mar 2017 at 23:39

TFB the original was only a 15. For me this was partially the reason for finding it so scary when I was younger... Pfft..this is only a 15, it's gonna be sh...

Apparently this new version is going to be rated R though.

Nitefly · 30 Mar 2017 at 00:12

Eh was the original even that gory? 12A / 15 by today's standards.

Only films with excessive gore or sexual violence tend to be 18s. I don't think this needs either.

edGfaCTor · 30 Mar 2017 at 02:49

Nitefly said:
Eh was the original even that gory? 12A / 15 by today's standards.

Only films with excessive gore or sexual violence tend to be 18s. I don't think this needs either.

The original mini series that came out 1990 was for tv only so it was never going to include everything from the book which is very graphic no way could you have that context on tv even now with this new one with 18 rating it wouldn't be able to include some of the stuff in the book but I think they will target 15 if they can here even if cuts are required.

The bbfc ratings are not done by gore and can be very iffy at timesbut if it has sexual ontent or drug taking this will bump it up

It will be interesting to see how they will release this all the details show it will be multi parts.

rids57 · 30 Mar 2017 at 05:32

I loved the book, it scared the living daylights out of me - hopefully the movie stays closer to the book than the mini-series did.

after reading a bit more about it, it seems this is just part one, the story is split into two films. The first is the story of them as children and the second as adults.

SixTwoSix · 30 Mar 2017 at 08:08

Random Guy Esq. said:
^Agreed, although I do NOT want the bonding scene from the book.

Care to elaborate on that...in spoilers of course.

Surprised how good this looks. Watched the original movie/series again about 6 months ago and while having great nostalgia, there was no fear anymore. Tim Curry was brilliant though.

Glanza · 30 Mar 2017 at 09:22

Looks ok and glad we haven't heard his voice yet.

FTM · 30 Mar 2017 at 09:33

they certainly have tapped into the Stranger Things, 80's vibe

Steedie · 30 Mar 2017 at 09:55

That last scene in the trailer gave me the chills

looks ace

I remember watching the original at my nans when I was about 7. I woke up with the TV on and IT was on. And it was the scene where the lady drops the coffee and then gets chased out the house. Terrifying at the time but started my love of horror films