It Chapter Two

It Chapter Two
In a very dark foggy background, a hand of Pennywise the Clown holds two red balloons with two fingers.
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAndy Muschietti
Screenplay byGary Dauberman
Based onIt
by Stephen King
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyChecco Varese
Edited byJason Ballantine
Music byBenjamin Wallfisch
Production
companies
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release dates
Running time
169 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$79 million[2]
Box office$473.1 million[3]

It Chapter Two is a 2019 American supernatural horror film directed by Andy Muschietti from a screenplay by Gary Dauberman. It is the sequel to It (2017) and the second of a two-part adaptation of the 1986 novel It by Stephen King. The film stars Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy, Bill Hader, Isaiah Mustafa, Jay Ryan, James Ransone, Andy Bean, and Bill Skarsgård as Pennywise. In addition to the latter, several cast members from the previous film also reprised their roles including Jaeden Lieberher, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Sophia Lillis, Finn Wolfhard, Wyatt Oleff, Chosen Jacobs, Jack Dylan Grazer, Nicholas Hamilton, Molly Atkinson, Stephen Bogaert, Jake Sim, Logan Thompson, Joe Bostick, and Megan Charpentier. Set 27 years after the events of the previous film, the story centers on the Losers Club and their relationships as they reunite to destroy It once and for all.

Talks for an It sequel began in February 2016. By September 2017, New Line Cinema announced that the film would be released in September 2019, with Dauberman writing the script and Muschietti to direct. On a $79 million budget, filming took place from June to November 2018 at Pinewood Toronto Studios, Oshawa, and Toronto.

It Chapter Two premiered at the Regency Village Theatre in Los Angeles on August 26, 2019, and was released in the United States on September 6 by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film received mixed reviews from critics, who praised its performances (particularly that of Hader and Skarsgård), production design, and themes, but criticized its runtime and pacing. Despite this, it was a box office success, grossing $473.1 million worldwide.

  1. ^ "It Chapter Two (15)". British Board of Film Classification. August 15, 2019. Archived from the original on August 15, 2019. Retrieved September 3, 2019.
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  3. ^ "It Chapter Two". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved March 1, 2021.