IT: CHAPTER TWO Taps BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Star Jay Ryan To Play Adult Ben Hanscom
Andy Muschietti's It: Chapter Two continues to fill out its ensemble cast and has now found its adult Ben Hanscom in former Beauty and the Beast star Jay Ryan. Production is expected to begin this summer.
Deadline is reporting that Jay Ryan (Beauty and the Beast) has joined the ever-growing cast of New Line's upcoming horror sequel, It: Chapter Two. He'll play the adult version of Ben Hanscom, taking over for Jeremy Ray Taylor, who played the part in the 2017 blockbuster.
Ryan is the latest addition to a cast that already features Jessica Chastain (X-Men: Dark Phoenix) as Beverly Marsh, James McAvoy (X-Men: Dark Phoenix) as Bill Denbrough, Bill Hader (Barry) as Richie Tozier, James Ransone (Mosaic) as Eddie Kaspbrak, and Andy Bean (Transformers: The Last Knight) as Stanley Uris. Bill Skarsgård will also return as Pennywise to continue wreaking havoc in the lives of the Losers Club.
Andy Muschietti is back in the director's chair with a script from Gary Dauberman. Production is expected to begin this summer with a September 6, 2019 release date already set.
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