IT director Andy Muschetti says that Stephen King personally approved the plot changes made when adapting the story to film. Outside of his well-known public beef with Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of The Shining – which later led King to make his own miniseries version – the horror master rarely gets too possessive of how his books are translated to film. King seems to carry the general attitude that an adaptation of his work does not necessarily have to adhere to his prose, assuming it still captures the essence of the story.
Altering King’s words is a common task for filmmakers too, as the author is a huge fan of ...
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