With New Line Cinema’s Stephen King adaptation It enjoying a rather impressive opening weekend at the box office, it has been announced that the studio is officially moving forward with the second chapter.
THR reports that Gary Dauberman, one of the screenwriters on the first movie, has closed his deal to pen the second film, and Andy Muschietti is ready to sign on to return to the director’s chair. The second film will focus on the Losers’ Club as adults, taking place 27 years after their first encounter with Pennywise, and may also include flashbacks with the young cast reprising their roles.
There’s been plenty of buzz for the big screen adaptation of It, with its first trailer shattering records with almost 200 million views in its first 24 hours. That translated to a bumper $51 million opening day domestically, the largest ever for an R-rated horror, and added a further $25.7 million internationally on Friday.
SEE ALSO: Read our review of It here and here
When children begin to disappear in the town of Derry, Maine, a group of young kids are faced with their biggest fears when they square off against an evil clown named Pennywise, whose history of murder and violence dates back for centuries.
It sees Andy Muschietti directing Bill Skarsgard (Hemlock Grove) as Pennywise alongside Jaeden Lieberher (St. Vincent), Finn Wolfhard (Stranger Things), Jack Dylan Grazer (Tales of Halloween), Wyatt Oleff (Guardians of the Galaxy), Chosen Jacobs (Cops and Robbers), Jeremy Ray Taylor (Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip), Owen Teague (Bloodline), Sophia Lillis (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) and Nicholas Hamilton (Captain Fantastic).
