Way back in 2019, you may recall, director Andy Muschietti had been floating the idea of a massive, extended “supercut” of both IT movies, which would include unseen deleted scenes from both along with (potentially) brand new scenes that haven’t even been filmed yet. “It would probably be around six hours and a half,” Muschietti had been saying at the time.
Of course, that extended supercut of IT and IT: Chapter Two never ended up happening. We ended up getting something even better, with the first season of 1962-set prequel series “IT: Welcome to Derry” wrapping up on HBO Max this coming Sunday night (December 14).
Does Muschietti plan on revisiting the idea of the IT supercut movie? In an Ask-Me-Anything chat on Reddit this week, he reveals that it remains a dream project after all these years.
“Still a big dream of mine,” Andy Muschietti told fans during the AMA chat. “Since we’ve been involved heavily in this show we hadn’t had time to execute it. Crossing fingers.”
What would be included in this extended cut, you might be wondering?
Muschietti told Consequence of Sound back in 2019, “There’s a scene that we shot that’s in the 1600s. I decided not to put it in the film because it was a little confusing. You know, the problem is that people sometimes want to know a little more, but if you give them too much, then they’re disappointed. It’s like a magic trick in a way.”
In that 2019 chat, Muschietti also touched upon a deleted scene referencing the celestial turtle known as Maturin, an ancient figure who appears in King’s IT novel as well as The Dark Tower.
“When you see McAvoy confronting his fear in the flooded basement, and he kills the notion of guilt by killing himself as a kid, he jumps back in the water. He’s lost, there is no way out, and suddenly, the eyes of Pennywise — Pennywise Bill, the kid — come out of the dark. But it’s not Pennywise, it’s the turtle that is swimming by him,” he details. “And he views the turtle and he’s sort of fascinated, like, ‘What is this thing?’, and very soon after, the kids are swimming after it. So, McAvoy follows them toward the light, and he emerges back in the cavern.”
Muschietti added, “It’s a beautiful scene, but I had to leave it out over pacing reasons. It was very emotional, but it was not in the right moment, where things had to move faster.”
Whether or not the IT and IT: Chapter Two extended supercut ever happens, it’s likely that we’ll be seeing much more of Pennywise in the coming years. The first season of “IT: Welcome to Derry” is proving to be a hit for HBO and HBO Max, and we expect the series will soon be renewed for a second season. The Muschiettis have plans for a three-season arc for the series.
Stay tuned for more on all things IT, Pennywise, and “Welcome to Derry.”
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