Since the release of IT: Chapter Two back in 2019, director Andy Muschietti has been toying with the idea of a supercut that would combine both It films along with additional footage into a single six-plus hour experience.
The good news is he’s still committed to making it happen. The bad news is he doesn’t know when.
“We didn’t have time to do it because we were involved in all kind of projects,” Muschietti tells Slash Film. “The show had a priority over the supercut,” he adds, referring to “IT: Welcome to Derry.”
Muschietti continues, “We’re in a moment now where we can definitely go to the studio and ask for support, but when is the question. They can say, ‘Yeah, go for it,’ but now we are sort of committed, like happily committed, to season 2 of ‘Welcome to Derry.’ And there’s other movie projects going around. But we’re going to do it.”
Muschietti’s IT films adapted Stephen King‘s 1986 novel in two parts, with the first focused on the Losers Club as kids and the second centered on their adult counterparts. The proposed supercut would likely restructure them to more closely resemble the book.
Muschietti is more in-demand than ever these days. In addition to the IT supercut and plans for two more seasons of “IT: Welcome to Derry,” he’s attached to helm the DCU Batman movie The Brave and the Bold.
Muschietti also produced They Will Kill You, in theaters today.
