It remake

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AnnaMarie

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....is it just me, or do some of these kids look like photoshopped fakes?.....i.e. the Culkin lookalike on the left?.....

The kid with the "Do you remember?" Shirt is photoshopped in too. Better job than most though because the hand on his shoulder looks about right, doesn't it?
 
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It's great it's now actually filming, it took so long. I wonder how big a release this (and Dark Tower) will be. So many King-adaptations don't reach the cinema here. The last one I've seen at the cinema was The Mist. And before that 1408.
The Carrie remake was the last that played at cinemas here, and even though I went to the cinema to see it, I didn't make it through circumstances.

It's also quite unique that it's two parts. There are enough multiple part franchises, but I can't think of any with two parts. (At least in commercial cinema, in arthouse I know some: Lars von Trier's Nymphomaniac for example.)

And how far apart will the two be released? And how long are they? And is it based on the originally published or epanded version of the novel?
 
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And how far apart will the two be released? And how long are they? And is it based on the originally published or epanded version of the novel?

Kill Bill is a two-part movie -- two volumes released six months apart.

There's no telling how far apart these will be released. All the focus at the moment is on the first film. A lot will depend on how it performs at the box office, I suspect. The running time hasn't yet been determined, but I'd expect something in the vicinity of 90-120 minutes each.

There is no expanded version of It -- you're thinking of The Stand.
 

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Ah, forgot about Kill Bill. Probably because I only really liked the first one.

So they don't film them back to back? If the first doesn't well enough there might not even be a second?

It came out first here in 1986 and was 575 pages. The edition here now has 1162 pages. Maybe it was shortened only here, not in the US?
 
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Ah, forgot about Kill Bill. Probably because I only really liked the first one.

So they don't film them back to back? If the first doesn't well enough there might not even be a second?

It came out first here in 1986 and was 575 pages. The edition here now has 1162 pages. Maybe it was shortened only here, not in the US?

The page count is highly dependent upon the layout, fonts, etc. There's only ever been one edition.

I'm not sure if they'll go straight into the second film once they wrap the first. The cast will be mostly different between the two, since the first one focuses on the kids and the second on the adults. Remains to be seen.
 
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The page count is highly dependent upon the layout, fonts, etc. There's only ever been one edition.

I'm not sure if they'll go straight into the second film once they wrap the first. The cast will be mostly different between the two, since the first one focuses on the kids and the second on the adults. Remains to be seen.

But this is too big a difference in page count, it's about double. I read the 575 page version, which was regular size print. The version out now has smaller print and double the pages.
Strange, I thought it was a similar case as The Stand. Most likely explanation is they shortened it here.
 
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Gerald - you must be from the Netherlands! The first Dutch translation is indeed significantly shorter, but it's not because they shortened the story itself. All the storypoints are there. It's just a very poor translation: lots of shortening / combining / omitting of sentences. Have you ever compared the two translations? It's weird, but interesting.

Anyway, to answer some of your questions, what they are currently aiming for with the movie:
- 2 hours per movie
- A script for part II has not yet been written. They want to start writing once production on part I wraps, hoping to have a summer 2017 shooting / 2018 release date. We'll see.

Budget for the first movie is around 20 million. Since it will be R-rated, it's a bit of a gamble, but I think IT has the strength to at least make the money back.
 

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Gerald - you must be from the Netherlands! The first Dutch translation is indeed significantly shorter, but it's not because they shortened the story itself. All the storypoints are there. It's just a very poor translation: lots of shortening / combining / omitting of sentences. Have you ever compared the two translations? It's weird, but interesting.

Anyway, to answer some of your questions, what they are currently aiming for with the movie:
- 2 hours per movie
- A script for part II has not yet been written. They want to start writing once production on part I wraps, hoping to have a summer 2017 shooting / 2018 release date. We'll see.

Budget for the first movie is around 20 million. Since it will be R-rated, it's a bit of a gamble, but I think IT has the strength to at least make the money back.

Thanks! Yes, I am. Amazing you know this - I had no idea, I thought it was simply that the same happened with It as with The Stand and it was everywhere like that.

I haven't compared them. I read the shortened one, but lost the book. I guess they translated it anew. I suppose the book was simply deemed too long for the market here, hence they did that. Now it's more common to have such long books.

I was hoping for at least two hours per movie. That way it can be longer than the mini-series and put in more from the book. Although if they say it won't have werewolves and mummies, I wonder how close to the book it will be.
 
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I have both copies, but never completely read the shortened version. I should try it sometimes, could be interesting to see what of the story retains when it's edited down like that.

They say they're trying to stay true to the spirit of the book. Some things look promising, especially in the atmosphere department. They got Chung-Hoon Chung as the director of photograhpy. He is a celebrated Korean cinematographer known for his unique style. Not someone you hire for a typical horror film. People who have read the current script say it's still incredibly ballsy.

What we know is that we'll see the leper and 29 Neibolt Street. We got a first look of the house in this concept art, which to me does justice to the feel of the book:
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