After IT: Andy Muschietti & Stephen King Team Up Again for THE JAUNT
Even though the Losers Club saga is in the history books, IT: Chapter Two director Andy Muschietti and Stephen King may continue their collaborative adaptations. One of King’s forays into pure science fiction is “The Jaunt”, a short story published in the anthology Skeleton Crew back in 1985—and it may also be Muschietti’s next feature film. Here’s what the filmmaker told Consequence of Sound:
With regards to “The Jaunt”, he says, “It has been in development with Plan B for a few years. We tried to crack it and now we finally have a writer that can do it. I would love to. It’s tough to crack because it’s such a great short story, and then you have to expand it into a great film narrative. It took awhile, but now I think we got it. I don’t want to tell too much.”
The complete interview will be featured in this week’s episode of The Losers’ Club: A Stephen King Podcast, which airs every Friday at midnight EST.
In “The Jaunt”:
The story takes place early in the 24th century, when the technology for teleportation, referred to as “Jaunting”, is commonplace, allowing for instantaneous transportation across enormous distances, even to other planets in the solar system. The government, which learned of the Jaunt through its inventor’s use of a computer database in his experiments, soon took control of the project, demoting the scientist to a figurehead in the program. After the introduction of the Jaunt to the public in 1991, the country experienced a strong economic boom, and the price of oil declined to such an extent that OPEC disbanded. Due to environmental pollution, water became a more expensive and profitable commodity than oil by 2006.
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IT: Chapter Two is still dominating the US box office. If you’ve yet to see the film for yourself, chgeck out the synopsis and trailer below.
Synopsis:
The evil clown Pennywise returns 27 years later to torment the grown-up members of the Losers’ Club.
Andy Muschietti directs IT: Chapter Two from a screenplay penned by Gary Dauberman. The film stars James McAvoy, Jessica Chastain, Bill Skarsgård, and Javier Botet.
Are you a fan of Stephen King’s short story “The Jaunt”? Are you excited to hear a feature film is in the works with Andy Muschietti attached to direct? Let us know in the comments below or on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram! You can also carry on the convo with me personally on Twitter @josh_millican.
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