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Exclusive: Beep Beep! Emily Perkins Secured for Pennywise: The Story of IT!
Written by Patti Pauley
We were worried. We were worried a lot, Beverly. Pennywise: The Story of IT, the upcoming documentary from director Christopher Griffiths, assistant director Adam Evans, writer/ producer John Campopiano, and producer Gary Smart is coming to the end of its deadlights trail for the campaign TODAY. And with most of the young Loser’s Club signed on to take part in the anticipated doc from the 1990 miniseries with the exception of Seth Green and the late Jonathan Brandis, we still had no word of Miss Emily Perkins’ (young Beverly Marsh) participation in the Story of IT; Until now!
In an exclusive given to iHorror today, we have confirmation that Miss Perkins has signed on to take part in Pennywise: The Story of IT!
Per John Campopiano:
“Our team is thrilled to welcome actress, Emily Perkins, to Pennywise: The Story of IT! The character of “Beverly Marsh” is integral to both King’s novel and miniseries adaptation, so there’s no doubt that this project just that much more special now that Emily’s involved. And, of course, we’re eager to hear her stories from the set of IT but we’re also looking forward to seeing how her aim is with a slingshot all these years later.”
From the makers of ‘You’re so cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night‘ and ‘RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop‘ and the director of ‘Unearthed & Untold: The Path to Pet Path to Pet Sematary’ comes this brand-new documentary celebrating the legacy of ‘Stephen King’s IT’ and the legend Tim Curry. With over 30 interviews and hours of behind the scenes footage this is YOUR opportunity to support this independent project and make it a reality.
Pennywise: The Story of IT will also feature interviews from the likes of Tim Curry (in his first in-depth interview on his portrayal of Pennywise) director Tommy Lee Wallace, special effects wizard Bart Mixon, writer Larry D. Cohan, a good portion of the original young and adult cast of the Loser’s Club, and more!!
The campaign for this documentary that first began back in March of this year, is coming to a close TODAY boils and ghouls. So if you haven’t snagged up up any of those exclusive perks as of yet, this is your last chance! What are you waiting for girly boy! Head on over by clicking here and secure your coveted DVD, t-shirt, or heck, even an associate producer credit while you still can!
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‘Evil Dead’ Film Franchise Getting TWO New Installments
It was a risk for Fede Alvarez to reboot Sam Raimi’s horror classic The Evil Dead in 2013, but that risk paid off and so did its spiritual sequel Evil Dead Rise in 2023. Now Deadline is reporting that the series is getting, not one, but two fresh entries.
We already knew about the Sébastien Vaniček upcoming film that delves into the Deadite universe and should be a proper sequel to the latest film, but we are broadsided that Francis Galluppi and Ghost House Pictures are doing a one-off project set in Raimi’s universe based off of an idea that Galluppi pitched to Raimi himself. That concept is being kept under wraps.
“Francis Galluppi is a storyteller who knows when to keep us waiting in simmering tension and when to hit us with explosive violence,” Raimi told Deadline. “He is a director that shows uncommon control in his feature debut.”
That feature is titled The Last Stop In Yuma County which will release theatrically in the United States on May 4. It follows a traveling salesman, “stranded at a rural Arizona rest stop,” and “is thrust into a dire hostage situation by the arrival of two bank robbers with no qualms about using cruelty-or cold, hard steel-to protect their bloodstained fortune.”
Galluppi is an award-winning sci-fi/horror shorts director whose acclaimed works include High Desert Hell and The Gemini Project. You can view the full edit of High Desert Hell and the teaser for Gemini below:
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‘Invisible Man 2’ Is “Closer Than Its Ever Been” to Happening
Elisabeth Moss in a very well-thought-out statement said in an interview for Happy Sad Confused that even though there have been some logistical issues for doing Invisible Man 2 there is hope on the horizon.
Podcast host Josh Horowitz asked about the follow-up and if Moss and director Leigh Whannell were any closer to cracking a solution to getting it made. “We are closer than we have ever been to cracking it,” said Moss with a huge grin. You can see her reaction at the 35:52 mark in the below video.
Whannell is currently in New Zealand filming another monster movie for Universal, Wolf Man, which might be the spark that ignites Universal’s troubled Dark Universe concept which hasn’t gained any momentum since Tom Cruise’s failed attempt at resurrecting The Mummy.
Also, in the podcast video, Moss says she is not in the Wolf Man film so any speculation that it’s a crossover project is left in the air.
Meanwhile, Universal Studios is in the middle of constructing a year-round haunt house in Las Vegas which will showcase some of their classic cinematic monsters. Depending on attendance, this could be the boost the studio needs to get audiences interested in their creature IPs once more and to get more films made based on them.
The Las Vegas project is set to open in 2025, coinciding with their new proper theme park in Orlando called Epic Universe.
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Jake Gyllenhaal’s Thriller ‘Presumed Innocent’ Series Gets Early Release Date
Jake Gyllenhaal’s limited series Presumed Innocent is dropping on AppleTV+ on June 12 instead of June 14 as originally planned. The star, whose Road House reboot has brought mixed reviews on Amazon Prime, is embracing the small screen for the first time since his appearance on Homicide: Life on the Street in 1994.
Presumed Innocent is being produced by David E. Kelley, J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot, and Warner Bros. It is an adaptation of Scott Turow’s 1990 film in which Harrison Ford plays a lawyer doing double duty as an investigator looking for the murderer of his colleague.
These types of sexy thrillers were popular in the ’90s and usually contained twist endings. Here’s the trailer for the original:
According to Deadline, Presumed Innocent doesn’t stray far from the source material: “…the Presumed Innocent series will explore obsession, sex, politics and the power and limits of love as the accused fights to hold his family and marriage together.”
Up next for Gyllenhaal is the Guy Ritchie action movie titled In the Grey scheduled for release in January 2025.
Presumed Innocent is an eight-episode limited series set to stream on AppleTV+ starting June 12.
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