Why Stephen King’s It Prequel Series Is A Bad Idea
The news that Stephen King’sIt will soon receive a television spinoff is not necessarily good for the story of Pennywise and company. Stephen King can’t be faulted for his ambition. Although some of King’s best adaptations, like 1408, are based on the writer’s short stories, some of the author’s most beloved works rack up a staggering page count.
1978’s post-apocalyptic The Stand, for example, ran for over 1,000 pages. The sprawling story was told from dozens of viewpoints, but even The Stand’s ambition was dwarfed by King’s controversial bestseller, It. Released in 1986, It was a massive 1,138-page bestseller that chronicled a group of outcasts and their attempts to evade an interdimensional evil in the small town of Derry, Maine.
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When It was turned into a television miniseries in the early 90s, the result was a divisive cult classic that failed as often as it succeeded. However, the two-part movie adaptation of It released in 2017 and 2019 fared a lot better with viewers and critics. In particular, 2017’sIt: Chapter One was a huge success, despite It: Chapter Two having major issues. Thanks to their outsized financial success and the critical popularity of the first movie, the blockbuster series was always likely to get a television spinoff. However, the news that this It spinoff will come in the form of a television show focusing on Pennywise’s backstory is the worst possible approach for the franchise to take.
Reportedly, It’s television show prequel will focus on Pennywise’s origins and the tale of how Derry, Maine ended up plagued by the supernatural monster. Where both It movies zeroed in on the exploits of the Losers Club as adults and
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