There’s no New Kids on the Block gag, or Molly Ringwald shout-out. The ’ 80s references are more toned-down.
Unfortunately, this doesn’t make Bev’s home life any better: Mom is heavily drugged-up, and she has a gross scene where she lectures a squeamish Beverly about periods, then holds up a bloody tampon.
Not so in the original draft, where it’s common knowledge that the poor boy suffered a terrible death.īill’s mom has actual lines, and she and the dad (who’s anachronistically named Zach) have a tiny arc about getting over Georgie’s death. In the finished film, Bill holds out hope that his little brother is still alive, and his search for Georgie motivates a lot of the action. (Poulter left the project with Fukunaga, leaving room for Bill Skarsgård to jump in.)Įveryone knows Georgie got his arm ripped off. Here’s how Fukunaga and Palmer envision the infamous clown: “Not Bozo, or Ronald McDonald, but something more old world, freakish, like that of a 19th-century acrobat - bald, lithe, almost child-like.” Fukunaga considered Ben Mendelsohn and Mark Rylance for the part, but he eventually cast the younger Will Poulter. Grab a flashlight and a gang of nerdy teens, and let’s explore.
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The movie that’s in theaters keeps most of the skeleton of Fukunaga and Palmer’s version, but there are a few key differences. Fukunaga’s original script has been floating around online for a while, and it makes for fascinating post-viewing reading. Those first two names are a vestige of an earlier incarnation of the movie, which was primed to be Fukunaga’s follow-up to Beasts of No Nation until the director parted ways with New Line over budget cuts, which he reportedly felt would “compromise his artistic vision.” The studio eventually hired Andy Muschietti to direct the film, and given the box office, you’ve got to figure everyone’s pretty happy with how It turned out. When Ithit theaters earlier this month, it arrived with a screenplay credited to Cary Fukunaga, Chase Palmer, and Gary Dauberman. Photo-Illustration: Maya Robinson/Vulture and Photos by Getty Images and Warner Bros. “We’re all handsome and talented directors down here.”
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