Stephen King's 'It' Movie Remake Loses 'True Detective' Director Cary Fukunaga After Pennywise Casting News

After receiving a pretty steady flow of information about the upcoming remake movie of the popular Stephen King horror story, It, this week we're sad to say that director Cary Fukunaga has left the project. Known mostly for directing the first season episodes of HBO's True Detective, the filmmaker quits the project after writing two films for the remake, giving all of his attention to the project's preproduction stage, and casting Will Poulter as Pennywise the Clown (originally portrayed by Tim Curry). This news might turn into cancelation reports, but for now let's examine the director's departure below.

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According to The Wrap, Fukunaga fought with New Line Cinema when it came to filming locations and other production issues. Apparently, after Warner Bros. sold the film to New Line, Fukunaga's two-film idea was argued, with the studio wanting a single film with more commercial appeal. This ultimately led to his departure (via IGN).

Plus, Stephen King took to Twitter to confirm this news, adding speculation to the remake's cancelation as well. Check out his Twitter post right here (via Slash Film):

The remake of IT may be dead--or undead--but we'll always have Tim Curry. He's still floating down in the sewers of Derry.

— Stephen King (@StephenKing) May 25, 2015

For Fukunaga to leave this project now is pretty devastating in terms of it moving forward. Filming was supposed to start this summer, and the director was heavily involved for years.

"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," Fukunaga said earlier this year.

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