10 Stephen King Stories That Need To Become TV Shows
4. It
Aside from Tim Currys fiendish performance, the late John Ritter being awesome and, overall, those halcyon memories of going to bed terrified after watching Skys two part miniseries, Stephen Kings best novel hasnt been given a proper run out on the small screen. Despite a strong first part, the nineties series hasnt worn well with time. While painful to read, especially seeing as the show has a faithful following, this is in fact great news, as it means the complex and creepy tale of an ancient evil manifested in the form of Pennywise The Dancing Clown plaguing a Maine town can be given a more thorough, faithful and lengthier run out on TV. As it stands, a remake helmed by Cary Fukunaga recently fell through, which is possibly a blessing in disguise seeing as the True Detective showrunner had a vision of switching the story to the eighties and noughties, as opposed to the source novels fifties and eighties setting. With a definitive date yet to be set for It to air, the show continues to lurk in the shadows.
Shaun is a former contributor for a number of Future Publishing titles and more recently worked as a staffer at Imagine Publishing.
He can now be found banking in the daytime and writing a variety of articles for What Culture, namely around his favourite topics of film, retro gaming, music, TV and, when he's feeling clever, literature.
