Feedback from the first test screenings of “IT Chapter 2” has the film clocking in at around three hours.
The 2017 original, one of that year’s biggest box-office hits, ran two hours and 15 minutes.
The news of the new film’s runtime comes from someone who attended a screening (see below) :
The sequel, which features the characters from the original many, many years down the tracks, stars James McAvoy, Jessica Chastain, Bill Hader, Isaiah Mustafa, Andy Bean, Jay Ryan, James Ransone and Bill Skarsgard back as Pennywise.