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Is it going to be a trilogy?


Too much to fit into one film.

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2 films

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I haven't been following what's up with this film, but I remember reading long time ago (few years maybe) that the first part will be the main characters as kids and the second part as adults. Is that the case still?

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guess they're going to milk this in any way they can

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I mean, breaking it into two parts makes sense, as the original novel was over 1000 pages. I don't think making two movies out of the book is really milking anything - it's just being fair to the source material.

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Nothing will top the miniseries.

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Perhaps in your opinion, sure. But the mini-series was a watered-down version of the novel, and while I enjoy it overall, it leaves so much to be desired. I've long been waiting for a film more reliable to the book, and perhaps with these movies, that's what we'll get.

I just don't see it as "milking" anything when anyone can reasonably say they'll need more than a single movie to fit even half of the events from the book into it. That's not "milking" something, that's being reasonable.

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Sure the novel was 1000+ pages but 500 of those pages were overly detailed backgrounds on the characters, their pointless past and what flavored candies they liked.

If you take the main parts that are actually relevant to the story, then you can easily present that into both 2 hour films.

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No you can't really. You have the kids part and the adults part both have a lot of plot points and relevance in both. There was an an early draft before Fukunaga that crammed both stories together and it didn't work, not to mention they changed stuff from the book

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So will the second movie be called It 2, It again, or It's back?

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Probably IT Pt. 2. I saw the SK tweeted about the film and called the movie IT Pt 1 - The Losers Club. Maybe they'll call it IT Pt 2 - Back to Derry or All Grown Up or something lol idk

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Yeah, it's going to be 2 films. This one is coming out Sept 8 and if this goes well (like Box office-wise and stuff) then there will be another film where the kids will all be adults.

I'm trying to go for an engaging, funny youtube channel so, if you have the time, take a look. Hope you enjoy what you see. Thanks in advance. https://youtu.be/tc_ZTFO-R3w

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Yeah, it's going to be 2 films. This one is coming out Sept 8 and if this goes well (like Box office-wise and stuff) then there will be another film where the kids will all be adults.

I'm trying to go for an engaging, funny youtube channel so, if you have the time, take a look. Hope you enjoy what you see. Thanks in advance. https://youtu.be/tc_ZTFO-R3w

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