After shattering box office records this weekend, in less than a week, Andy Muschietti’s adaptation of Stephen King’s It has become a legitimate phenomenon.
While other corners of the internet debate over whether It is a horror movie or not (spoiler: it totally is), production of the story’s second half is gearing up as Muschietti and writer Gary Dauberman are hard at work on the script. Chapter 2 is presumed to be released sometime in 2019.
In the meantime though, for the home release on Blu-ray and Digital later this year, Muschietti tells Yahoo Movies that he is working on a director’s cut to add back approximately 15 minutes to the film. Given the original novel ran over 1000 pages, one would suspect there was quite a bit on the cutting room floor.
More and more movies recently have included “Director’s Cuts” on home video release and this is certainly not a new development in home media. But most of these titles reek more of justifying a purchase to a film that viewers didn’t really like to start with (cough, BvS or Suicide Squad). But any chance to see more of the Loser’s Club battling Pennywise or even just shooting the shit is more than welcome. In this case, Warner Brothers and New Line could release the film with nary a special feature and I’d preorder anyway so kudos on giving the fans what they want.
And I’m sure the extra 15 minutes will not be the sewer sex scene.
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