Posting on Upcoming Stephen King movie projects

[Dan Hocker]

The article I read had directly attributed the sales of Poltergeist to It. 30 mil is a lot, but many films these days cost MUCH more than that, that's almost a pittance compare to most major studio films these days. And we're not simply talking about another horror movie, but one of the most highly regarded horror novels ever, in addition to being a remake of one of the more highly regarded made for TV movies. People of my generation remember it well and are still horrified of clowns, simply because of the It TV movie.

Based off of budgets on Box Office Mojo for horror remakes, I'd say 30 mil is probably in the mid range of horror movie remakes. That said I doubt the clown had much to do with it, probably more likely just the fact that a big horror movie that everyone thought was going to do well, bombed. Granted everything I've heard about Poltergeist was that it was a pretty bad movie.

[subie09lega]

I went to Poltergeist opening night and it's really a shame they didn't do a better job with it. I left feeling a void and a desire to watch the original.

[Dan Hocker]

I went to Poltergeist opening night and it's really a shame they didn't do a better job with it. I left feeling a void and a desire to watch the original.

Yea I heard the CG was distracting and the two lead actors kinda "checked out" so to speak part way through. Like they looked at each other and said "What the hell are we doing?"

[subie09lega]

Yea I heard the CG was distracting and the two lead actors kinda "checked out" so to speak part way through. Like they looked at each other and said "What the hell are we doing?"

Spoiler!

They certainly didn't seem to care much about what was happening to Maddy (formerly Carol Anne). The tree was kind of stupid and the clown, which could have been even more a threat than the first time around was a blip on the screen - what you see in the trailer is what you get in the movie. There was a few good scenes like when the boy walks in on his parents getting frisky, that was funny and, well, maybe that was all.

[bookworm 1]

I always had mixed feelings for It. The tv movie. I loved Pennywise and some of the character development. However the giant spider at the end looked like something out of a 50's B movie. While I love those movies I just felt it was to over the top for the rest of the movie. I do love the book and do need to do a re-read of it some day soon.

The article I read had directly attributed the sales of Poltergeist to It. 30 mil is a lot, but many films these days cost MUCH more than that, that's almost a pittance compare to most major studio films these days. And we're not simply talking about another horror movie, but one of the most highly regarded horror novels ever, in addition to being a remake of one of the more highly regarded made for TV movies. People of my generation remember it well and are still horrified of clowns, simply because of the It TV movie.

[srboone]

Here's an interesting note on the development of The Stand:

http://collider.com/the-stand-movie-...eries/?_r=true

[Theli]

Honestly it seems almost like a coup for cable companies. I absolutely hate watching cable, I can't stand watching episodes week to week, but now I'll need cable if I want to watch the movie in theatres. Either that or they will have a long wait between the series and the movie, at least until it's released on video. I dunno, seems like a bad idea to me, do one or the other.

[srboone]

I agree. But King's love for all different types of media is what's driving this, I'm sure.

[bookworm 1]

Well unless it's on hulu or Amazon prime. I won't be watching. Cut the cable cord over a year ago. Don't miss it one bit.

[srboone]

Same here. I miss the food network, but I can get my fill of it at work.!

[Dan Hocker]

YouTube is my cable these days. Over a year ago I found I wasn't actually using cable anymore and dropped it as well.

[subie09lega]

This isn't an upcoming movie but is an upcoming release of a classic.....
Carrie Deluxe Limited Edition Blu-ray by Scream Factory with two variants

https://www.shoutfactory.com/film/fi...ctor-s-edition

https://www.shoutfactory.com/film/fi...imited-edition

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[Theli]

Very nice! They make stellar re-issues!

[Brian861]

Very cool!

[subie09lega]

Here’s photographic evidence that Stephen King’s ‘It’ has begun filming

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/photo-con...211520849.html