It: Chapter Twomay be thriving in theaters, but according to the director of bothItfilms, he’s not exactly done shooting. Ever since the notion of a two-movie adaptation ofStephen King’s iconic horror epicItarose, fans have wondered if a longer,Itsupercut might be put together that combines footage from both movies into one epic story. DirectorAndy Muschietti, who helmed bothItmovies, has gone public recently with his desire to craft a supercut of both films, but he’s now revealed that for the eventual supercut there are two additional scenes he wants to shoot.
Speaking withET, Muschietti confirmed he and New Line Cinema are having conversations about crafting anItsupercut and revealed that he wants to shoot new footage to edit into the epic version of the adaptation:
“The studio probably doesn’t know this…” he laughed. “No, we’re in talks with the studio to make a supercut, which is basically the two movies edited together with all the material that is not in the released versions. And yeah, there are a couple of scenes that I want to shoot to make this a new experience.”
Muschietti stayed mum on exactly what those two scenes are, but did confirm one is from the book:
”One thing is from the novel and the other thing is not. I want to be a little cryptic about it."
Depending on which actors are involved in these scenes, that might be tricky. The youngerItactors are aging so rapidly that they had todigitally de-age some of themforIt 2, and re-assembling the A-list adult ensemble of the sequel may prove difficult. Then again, it’s possible an option for additional scenes/films is in the contracts of those actors, or maybe the two new scenes are Pennywise-centric, in which case Muschietti would only needBill Skarsgard.
The idea to split anItmovie into two separate films—one focused on the characters as kids, and one focused on the characters as adults—originated withCary Fukunaga, who was originally in line to direct the firstIt. Fukunaga still has a screenplay credit on the first film, butChapter Twowas crafted whole-cloth by screenwriterGary Daubermanand Muschietti,with a writing assistbyWonder Womanco-writerJason Fuchs.
TheItfranchise has been so massively popular that it’d honestly be shocking at this point if New Line and Warner Bros.didn’tcreate a new, supercut version of both movies—especially considering the frustrating bare bones release of the firstIton Blu-ray. I’ll be curious to see if the supercut gets a theatrical release. The combined runtimes of both films runs just over five hours, although one imagines Muschietti would probably re-edit both movies a bit to make them flow seamlessly as one epic piece.
Regardless, I’m very interested in the idea of anItsupercut, and if Muschetti adds new footage never-before-seen, all the better. Expect him to continue honing that edit before he moves into pre-production onThe Flashnext year.
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