The second film in the It series will film in 2018, so says the director Andy Muschietti. The first film is out in cinemas in just over a month’s time, with the second part, set some years later, due for release in the near future.
Here’s what he had to say in a recent interview with Variety.
“We are doing [two films],” said Muschietti. “We’ll probably have a script for the second part in January. Ideally, we would start prep in March. Part one is only about the kids. Part two is about these characters 30 years later as adults, with flashbacks to 1989 when they were kids.”
Muschietti also commented on what fan’s expectations are for the new film, and what they want to see.
“Most of the people are excited about seeing a good adaptation. There are naysayers. Those tend to be the people who are fans of the miniseries rather than the fans of the book. People who read the book and got the book, they’re not crazy about the miniseries. It was a very watered-down version. It didn’t contain the darkness that the book had. They couldn’t make something for TV about a clown who eats children,” Muschietti added.
You can read the full interview at the end of the link above. It (part one) arrives in cinemas on 8th September, 2017.
