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The Second ‘IT’ Film Will Dig Deeper into Pennywise’s Story
The plan all along was for this year’s IT to be the first film in a two-part adaptation of Stephen King’s novel, and that’s very much still the plan at this time. Granted, the sequel hasn’t yet been officially announced, but with IT set to smash box office records this weekend, it’s all but guaranteed.
In fact, the script is already being written as we speak.
The second film, which I suppose we can call IT: Part 2, will take place in present day and, of course, center on the Losers’ Club as adults who are forced to square off with Pennywise one more time; the sequel will also have flashbacks to 1989, we recently learned.
What else can we expect? In a chat with Metro UK this week, Pennywise actor Bill Skarsgård revealed that we’ll be learning more about Pennywise than ever before.
“I am attached to it but that’s all I can say, we’re in the early stages and I’m talking to Andy [Muschietti] about it and figuring out what It will be,” he told the site. “It’s a different story but I’m excited to delve in deeper to the character as there’s more exploration for who Pennywise is.”
He continued, “There is depth and a change in Pennywise from the first scene to the last [in the first film] and there’s a journey there, and I’m glad you said that and it resonated with you – that’s exactly what I want people to feel, ‘wait a minute what is this thing?’ And I think that’s what I wanted and that’s where I want to go for the second one, to delve into the psychological and metaphysical spaces of this transdimensional being.”
“We have to raise the ante and not just do the same thing again so I’m looking forward to that process.”
But first, Andy Muschietti’s IT arrives in theaters this weekend.
Before updating the video nasty Faces of Death, director Daniel Goldhaber and writer Isa Mazzei explored the dangers of online life in tech-thriller Cam, their feature debut that was acquired by Netflix in 2018 after making waves on the festival circuit.
At the end of last year, the Netflix exclusive quietly departed from the streaming platform, left without another streaming home.
It’s not an isolated story; Mike Flanagan’s Hush also left streaming entirely for a period until it was finally picked up on both physical media and other streaming services.
While the tech-thriller currently isn’t available to watch on Netflix, Tubi, Hulu, or any other platforms, that’s not a problem for Cam thanks to a very cool move by Goldhaber: the director has made his breakout film accessible to watch online for free via his website.
As his site notes: “CAM is unfortunately not currently available to view on any platforms, so you can watch it here if you like :).“
No subscriptions or fees necessary, just hit play.
Cam follows Alice (Madeline Brewer), who works as an online cam girl obsessed with her ranking on the cam site. The higher her ranking goes, the more it draws unwanted attention, and Alice soon finds herself replaced on her own show with a doppelganger.
Written by Mazzei, a former camgirl, it uses the horror thriller premise to examine the life of a sex worker; Alice’s career ambition is directly at odds with the shame it brings to her family, and how she tries to spare them from it by keeping them in the dark. It only compounds her danger when the doppelganger enters the equation in Goldhaber’s engaging thriller.
For a deep dive into the treacherous world of Cam, listen to Horror Queers’ episode on it now.
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