In a recent interview with
Den of Geek, actor Bill Skarsg
ård said that when it comes to the comparisons it may draw to the first, audiences can expect “
a very different experience” from
It (2017):
"We're gearing up for it now, so I'm sort of in the process of getting back into that character of Pennywise,” said Skarsgård on the line from Sweden, where he lives. “I’m sort of in the mindset and we're gearing up for it. I think they start in July. I'm not sure exactly when my start date is, but some time this summer.”
Skarsg
ård continued by describing how he had been discussing the evolution of the titular character throughout the 27 years between the first and second films:
“We're figuring it out, you know… I have a very good relationship with Andy (Muschietti), not only as a director and actor, but also just as a very close friend, so we're having fun with it and we're figuring out what we're going to bring to the table for part two.”
With casting already well underway for
It: Chapter Two, the film has added a number of notable stars in the past few weeks to play the adult counterparts of the child actors from the first:
James McAvoy
(X-Men: Apocalypse, Split) will play the adult version of Bill Denbrough
Bill Hader (
Power Rangers, Inside Out)
will play adult Richie Tozier
Jessica Chastain (
Dark Phoenix, Molly's Game) will play adult Beverly Marsh
James Ransone (
Sinister) will play adult Eddie Kaspbrak
Jay Ryan (
Neighbours) will play adult Ben Hanscom
Andy Bean (
Transformers: The Last Knight) will play adult Stanley Uris
The adult version of Mike Hanlon is the only remaining member of the Losers' Club left to be cast. Javier Botet (
The Mummy, The Conjuring 2) has also been cast in an undisclosed role in the sequel. Andy Muschietti is back in the director's chair for the second insallment with a script from Gary Dauberman (
Annabelle). The film is set for a summer 2019 shoot and will arrive in theaters on
September 6, 2019.
One of the best R-rated films of the year in 2017, the first installment of the rebooted franchise managed to gross
$700,381,748 worldwide. But what can we excpect from the follow up? It will definitely look and feel just a bit different when we pick up 27 years later in the town of Derry, Maine. The Losers’ Club returns to the town to confront the terrifying creature that continues to lurk beneath the city’s streets in the concluding chapter of the saga based on author Stephen King’s 1986 novel.
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