Invasion
Invasion on Imdb17 August 2007 (USA)
Sci-Fi | Thriller
As a Washington psychiatrist unearths the origin of an alien epidemic, she also discovers her son might be the only way it can be stopped.
Nicole Kidman
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Daniel Craig
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Jeremy Northam
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Jackson Bond
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Jeffrey Wright
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Stephen King's 'It' gets big-screen treatment
added by newsBotStephen King's horror novel "It" will be coming to the big screen courtesy of Warner Bros.
The book has already been turned into a television series that starred Tim Reid, Tim Curry and John Ritter and debuted in 1990.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Dave Kajganich is set to write the screenplay. His credits include "The Invasion," and he is also on board to write the remake of "Escape From New York."
"It" centers on a bunch of kids facing a sadistic creature that likes to suit up as a clown and terrorize children. Many years later the sadistic clown returns, prompting the same individuals to reunite and battle the forces of evil for good.
The most recent big-screen adaptation of a King novel was Frank Darabont's intense horror thriller "The Mist."
Franck Tabouring
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Stephen King's 'It' is Getting a Theatrical Remake
added by newsBotI consider myself a pretty big Stephen King fan although I stopped regularly buying his books sometime around "From a Buick 8" as it seemed the originality was beginning to fade. However, I have never been a huge fan of Stephen King filmed adaptations. Sure, The Shining is good and I know many love Carrie and I believe some people have told me they liked Christine (I never saw that one). You have the non-horror adaptations such as Green Mile and everyone's favorite The Shawshank Redemption and as much as King is known as the master of horror his non-horror features prove to make the better films. For so long King's horror adaptations have been turned into made-for-tv miniseries and one of them is about to get a theatrical remake as Warner Bros. and Vertigo Entertainment have brought in Dave Kajganich to pen an adaptation of King's 1986 genre classic "It", which
Brad Brevet
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King’s It Being Adapted to the Big Screen
added by newsBotWarner 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, report the trades. Dave Kajganich (The Invasion) 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 best-selling book has been adapted before. In 1990 it was turned into an ABC miniseries that starred John Ritter, Harry Anderson, Tim Reid, Annette O'Toole, Richard Thomas, Seth Green and Tim Curry, who played the evil clown Pennywise. The novel, which was released in 1986, is set in 1958 and 1985 and features a nonlinear narrative
James Cook
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