Remake Writer says he loves his script but worries that it's "too dark"

I always thought the original movie was very dark and not really a kids' movie. If they made it R I think a dark script would work and could be really good.

is that a pun

I heard they're gonna cast that black kid who is the new Jared from the State Farm commercials

Dark might be good. I thought the more horrific scenes from the original were the most successful.