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Maze Runner co-star Will Poulter is in negotiations to play twisted evil clown Pennywise
in the upcoming remake of Stephen King's classic horror story, set to be
directed by True Detective director, Cary Fukunaga.
It is being envisioned
as a two-part film, and though it will stay close to King's 900-page book, it
will also give "the film a new look", with the plan being for the
first film to focus on the characters when they are young, with the follow-up
centered on them as adults, while Pennywise (Poulter) starring in both.
Older actors like Mark
Rylance and Ben Mendelsohn were considered for the lead villain role, but New
Line opted to go younger, and after seeing Poulter's audition, the filmmaker
couldn't say no.
Those that have seen Poulter's
work on director Alejandro González Iñárritu's The Revenant, say that the young
actor is capable of tackling dark material.
Source - Variety
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