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Isaiah Mustafa will play adult Mike Hanlon in the sequelIT : Chapter 2 . Last year’sITmovie only adapts the first one-half of Stephen King ’s original novel and focuses on the experiences of the Losers ' Club as pre - teens , when they chance the demonic entity live as Pennywise the Dancing Clown ( Bill Skarsgård ) for the first time . Chapter 2will adapt the second half of King ’s source fabric , which picks up with the Losers 27 years after their initial battle with Pennywise , as they are called upon by Mike to return to Derry , Maine , when the monster resurfaces to get feasting on children once again .
Warner Bros. was quick to green - ignitor theITsequel after its predecessor became a monumental box office hit , in add-on to earn gravid critical review from cosmopolitan audiences and critics alike . output onChapter 2is now gearing upto get started in July , withITdirector Andy Muschietti forebode the shots from a script by Gary Dauberman ( who also wrote the firstITmovie ) . Now that Mustafa has officially joined the cast , that think Muschietti and his crew has found actors to play all seven member of the grown - up Losers ' Club in theITsequel .
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Chosen Jacobs , who play young Mike in the firstIT , has confirmed that Mustafa will recreate grownup Mike inChapter 2on hisInstagramaccount ( see the screenshot below).Varietyhas further confirm that the actor - best known for his role on theShadowhunters : The Mortal InstrumentsTV series and his turn in the Old Spice commercials - is now sign on to make for the role in Muschietti ’s continuation . The other six grownup Loser actors in the photographic film includeJessica Chastain as Beverly Marsh , James McAvoy as Bill Denbrough , James Ransone as Eddie Kaspbrak , Bill Hader as Richie Tozier , Andy Bean as Stanley Uris , andJay Ryan as Ben Hanscom . Skarsgård will also be reprising his role as Pennywise in the continuation .
Although the firstITmade some major change to Mike and his storyline from King ’s original novel , Muschietti has said thatMike ’s role inChapter 2will be much closer to the part that he wager as a develop man in King ’s source material . In the 2d half of King ’s book , it is revealed that Mike is the only Loser to have spent the last 27 year hold up in Derry and that , in that time , he became a librarian so that he could do further research on the town ’s dark-skinned history and its connection to Pennywise . However , for better infer the mystic creature , Mike takes drugs that alter his mind and finish up leaving him a bit of a wreck , by the time thatChapter 2picks up .
With Mustafa answer as the final man to the teaser that isChapter 2 ’s cast , it seems that Muschietti and his team decided to go with sturdy part actors over big names to bring the grownup Losers ' Club to life in the continuation . The film sure enough does n’t involve huge name to deal it either , not after the firstITtapped into the pop cultural zeitgeist last class and furthered helped to usher in a renaissance of King adaptation on the grown and small screen alike . With a mold that ’s telling on its own and the same creatives affect behind the scenes , there ’s fair reason to think thatChapter 2will be equally successful when it hits the view next twelvemonth .
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Source : Variety
