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It will receive a Director’s Cut on Blu-ray

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New Line Cinema has scored a huge hit with its Stephen King adaptation It, which is already the highest-grossing movie based on one of King’s works, and is on its way to becoming the biggest September release of all time. While we await official word on the green light for the second instalment, director Andy […]

It passes $500 million at the global box office to become the biggest horror of all time

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Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema’s Stephen King adaptation It has continued its stellar box office run, passing the half billion dollar mark at the worldwide box office. In doing so, It has also become the highest-grossing horror movie of all time, toppling the 44-year record set by The Exorcist which grossed $441 million (although […]

It floats at the box office with $179 million worldwide opening

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Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema’s hotly-anticipated Stephen King adaptation It has scared up an impressive $179 million as it terrorised audiences around the globe in its opening weekend. Domestically, the Andy Muschietti-helmed film pulled in a whopping $117 million in North America – a record for the largest September opening (previously held by Hotel […]

Movie Review – It (2017)

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It, 2017. Directed by Andy Muschietti. Starring Jaeden Lieberher, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Sophia Lillis, Finn Wolfhard, Chosen Jacobs, Jack Dylan Grazer, Wyatt Oleff, Nicholas Hamilton, and Bill Skarsgard. SYNOPSIS: A group of bullied kids band together when a monster, taking the appearance of a clown, begins hunting children. After the appalling adaptation of The Dark […]

Second Opinion – It (2017)

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It, 2017. Directed by Andy Muschietti. Starring Bill Skarsgard, Jaeden Lieberher, Sophia Lillis, Finn Wolfhard, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Nicholas Hamilton, Jack Dylan Grazer, Stephen Bogaert, Jackson Robert Scott, Chosen Jacobs, Wyatt Oleff, Jake Sim, Owen Teague, Stuart Hughes, Logan Thompson, Geoffrey Pounsett, Pip Dwyer, and Javier Botet SYNOPSIS: In the late 1980s in the small […]

It will remain comfortably in the top spot at the box office this weekend

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It is predicted to easily retain its title as king of the US box office this coming weekend. The Stephen King adaptation blew cinemas apart during its opening weekend on its way to a massive $123 million. It has continued to perform impressively in its domestic market since, earning $8.8 million on Monday and $11.4 […]

New images from It, Stephen King had no involvement with the movie

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With less than a month to go until the hotly-anticipated release of It, Entertainment Weekly has debuted two new images from the upcoming big screen adaptation of Stephen King’s classic horror novel featuring Bill Skarsgard’s Pennywise and the Losers Club; take a look below… SEE ALSO: Pennywise speaks in new It TV spot Meanwhile, speaking to […]

New poster for Stephen King’s It, director discusses Pennywise design

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With just two weeks to go until It arrives in cinemas, a new poster has arrived online for the hotly-anticipated big screen adaptation of Stephen King’s classic horror novel by artist Oliver Barrett; take a look here… Meanwhile, speaking with Collider, director Andy Muschietti discussed the inspiration behind Pennywise’s appearance and the early designs of […]