After a tumultuous development process, the first part of the new filmic adaptation of Stephen King’s IT has wrapped production. To celebrate, producer Barbara Muschietti (sister of director Andy Muschietti) revealed a new depiction of Pennywise on her Instagram feed, which we’ve included below along with several other pics from her feed that reveal new views of the set. Check out the IT remake photos below!
The events of the film will be moved upward from the source material, which was set in both the 1950s and 1980s, and will be set in the present day with the late 1980s as the past setting.
Mama helmer Andy Muschietti is directing the film, which stars Jaeden Lieberher (Midnight Special) as Bill Denbrough, Finn Wolfhard (“Stranger Things”) as Richie Tozier, newcomer Sophia Lillis as Beverly Marsh, Jack Dylan Grazer (Tales of Halloween) as Stan Uris, Wyatt Oleff (Guardians of the Galaxy) as Eddie Kaspbrak, Chosen Jacobs (“Hawaii Five-0”) as Mike Hanlon and Jeremy Ray Taylor (42) as Ben Hanscom, the younger versions of the story’s protagonists.
he film is set to be released in two parts with Part One focusing on the group of teens called the Losers Club, while Part Two is set around the repercussions on these characters as adults. Stephen King’s IT Part One will be released on September 8, 2017.
The remake is being produced by Dan Lin, Roy Lee, Seth Grahame-Smith and David Katzenberg.
