He’s still on board! It mastermind Andy Muschietti recently opened up about whether or not he still plans to create a massive supercut of It and It: Chapter Two that would end up running over six and a half hours long.
During a recent reddit Q&A session for his new show It: Welcome to Derry, the filmmaker was asked: “[You’ve] previously talked about doing an Extended Cut that merges It and It Chapter Two in one seamless experience with hours of unused footage. Is this Cut still happening?”
To which Muschietti then responded: “Yes, still a big dream of mine. Since we’ve been involved heavily in this show, we haven’t had time to execute it. Crossing fingers.”
After It: Chapter Two was released in 2019, the filmmaker revealed he wanted to create a supercut of the two movies that would include completely new footage, deleted scenes, and even scenes that never made it past the writing process.
One scene in particular that was originally going to be included focused on a celestial turtle named Maturin that appears in Bill’s basement. The turtle is a staple of many King stories and as a cosmic entity very old and wise, he serves as the antithesis to evil entities like Pennywise. The scene was originally set to take place underwater, and ultimately was scrapped due to pacing.
Muschietti has had his hands pretty full lately, so he definitely hasn’t had time to get into the cut just yet. He and wife Barbara Muschietti developed It: Welcome to Derry alongside showrunner Jason Fuchs back in 2022, just three years after Chapter Two. The series premiered on HBO Max in October to a generally positive response, and just closed out its first season on December 14.
The filmmaker is locked in for at least two more seasons of Welcome to Derry, with the show — which currently takes place in 1962 — doing two more significant time jumps. Season 2 is set to take place in 1935 and season 3 will take place in 1908.
It: Welcome to Derry is now available to stream on HBO Max, alongside both of Muschietti’s It films.
Lex Briscuso is a film and television critic and a freelance entertainment writer for IGN. You can follow her on Twitter at @nikonamerica.
