As with most people in my general age range, either by way of Stephen King‘s novel, or the 1990 TV mini series, It terrorized my sleep on more than one occasion. It’s being reported that like many others, It will be getting the remake treatment, but this time it will be for the big screen.

The story of It takes place in Derry, Maine, and follows a group of kids and their terrifying encounters with Pennywise the clown, an evil creature of a clown who basically feeds on kids and is unseen by adults. Eventually the group escapes Pennywise and reaches adulthood, but soon come to find out that the clown isn’t done with them. They then decide to band together and fight the dangerous being.

The TV miniseries style was used because of the length of the book, so this will technically be the first time the story is adapted into a two-hour or so long movie.