Stephen King's 'It' heads to theaters

Warner Bros. is bringing Stephen King's landmark horror novel "It" to the big screen in an adaptation being produced by Lin Pictures and Vertigo Entertainment.

Dave Kajganich has been hired pen the script, which follows a group of kids called the Losers Club that encounter a creature called It, which preys on children and whose favorite form is that of a sadistic clown called Pennywise. When the creature resurfaces, the kids are called upon to regroup again, this time as adults, even though they have no memory of the first battle.

The novel is set in 1958 and 1985, though the feature version will be set in the present day.

I sincerely hope I end up being wrong on this one, but this is not a good idea. There is WAY too much material in the book. I mean, I actually dug most of the miniseries and even that made some major cuts. How is this going to work as a 2 (maybe 3?) hour movie? I'll tell you how: by chopping it to bits. So they're probably going to immediately alienate their target audience. It is a very character driven novel and there is a HUGE cast of characters. To try and squish them all in will do them all an injustice. I always hoped they would do an HBO or Showtime series to do the book justice. While it was pretty creepy and surprisingly bloody, the old miniseries is extremely watered down compared to the novel. Also, how can you beat Tim Curry as Pennywise? I honestly have no idea. One thing's for sure, this movie will probably give a whole new generation of kids an intense fear of clowns. It's about time they understood.