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With the “It” saga a bonafide coin-sweeping success – so much so they’re talking about releasing a ‘supercut’ of both parts – it wouldn’t be out of the question to suppose Warner Bros might be soon approaching director Andy Muschetti for his take on what a possible third chapter might look like.
Though Stephen King never penned a sequel to his original novel, Muschietti believes the story should rewind the clock on the Pennywise story – going back to the beginning.
The filmmaker told io9 there’s a lot of story left to tell.
“Mythology is something that always has opportunities to explore,” he said. “It has been on Earth for millions of years. He’s been in contact with humans for hundreds of years, every 27 years. So you can imagine the amount of material.”
“It’s always exciting to think of eventually exploring this mythology,” Muschietti added. “It’s very exciting. But, for now, there’s nothing on the table [for a third movie].”
Bill Skarsgard, who plays the killer clown, told Entertainment Weekly that he would come back to play Pennywise if the writers could figure out a way to bring back the red-ballooned fiend.
“The book ends where the second movie ends, so that is the final chapter of this story,” Skarsgard said. “There is this interesting aspect of going back in time before all this happened. There might be a story there that might be worth exploring. Obviously that would be a story that’s not in the book, it would be a freestanding story, but obviously within the same universe. So, there might be something interesting out of it. I think it would be fun.”
