Producer Barbara Muschietti had teased just last week that the hotly anticipated first trailer for Andy Muschietti‘s IT: Chapter Two would be arriving very soon, and a massive advertisement right in the heart of Times Square, NY today confirms it’s coming THIS WEEK!
Specifically, Trailer #1 will arrive on Thursday, May 9th, we’ve just learned this morning, four months before Pennywise returns to the big screen on September 6th!
The digital billboard teases, “Witness the end of IT”…
Prepare to return to Derry and float again🎈
Confirmed: The @ITMovieOfficial Chapter 2 trailer will drop this Thursday on May 9th. Here’s the NYC Times Square video announcement. @FinnSkata will portray Richie in flashbacks #ItChapterTwo #ItChapter2
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— Finn Wolfhard Updates (@fwolfhardupdate) May 6, 2019
Andy Muschietti returned to direct the sequel, which features the adult version of Losers’ Club members who survived the malevolent Pennywise as kids in the 1980s.
Bill Skarsgård is back as Pennywise. James McAvoy (“Split,” upcoming “Glass”) stars as Bill, Oscar nominee Jessica Chastain (“Zero Dark Thirty,” “Mama”) as Beverly, Bill Hader (HBO’s “Barry,” “The Skeleton Twins”) as Richie, Isaiah Mustafa (TV’s “Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments”) as Mike, Jay Ryan (TV’s “Mary Kills People”) as Ben, James Ransone (HBO’s “The Wire”) as Eddie, and Andy Bean(“Allegiant,” Starz’ “Power”) as Stanley.
Reprising their roles as the original members of the Losers Club are Jaeden Lieberher as Bill, Wyatt Oleff as Stanley, Sophia Lillis as Beverly, Finn Wolfhard as Richie, Jeremy Ray Taylor as Ben, Chosen Jacobs as Mike, and Jack Dylan Grazer as Eddie.