Stephen King's 'It' Movie Remake, Pennywise Casting Details - 'True Detective' Director Cary Fukunaga Looking For Perfect Killer Clown

Cary Fukunaga has been tasked to remake the iconic movie based on author Stephen King's It, but this week we learned that the True Detective season one episodes director wants to get the details perfect, especially casting the killer clown, Pennywise. Originally portrayed by Tim Curry in the TV miniseries in 1990, this iconic character definitely needs to be treated with care. Find out what the director has to say about this new project below!

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According to IGN, the director revealed plenty of new details on the project while speaking with Brazilian newspaper O Globo (shared by a reader over at Bloody Disgusting). He explained that this remake has been in-the-works for many years, but that King is on-board with what he and writers David Kajganich and Chase Palmer are doing with the movie.

"I've been in this project for about five years. I had already read versions of the script but nothing felt right. Everybody tried to put too much into it, telling it from the perspective of the adult and the child in a two-hour movie. It didn't fit. So I decided to throw it all away and start from scratch," said Fukunaga. "This will be my first movie in the US and I'm still trying to find the perfect guy to play Pennywise,"

Pennywise is definitely the main focus of this project, so at least Fukunaga is in the right mindset for the project. Plus, the author is apparently happy with Cary's ideas, too!

The director added: "It's really good to know Stephen likes what we did. We changed names, dates [the story is originally set in the '60s] dynamics, but the spirit is similar to what he'd like to see in cinemas, I think."

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