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ITdirector Andy Muschetti has confirmed that he will makeIT : Part 2prior toRobotech . Next week , one of the most anticipated movies of the fall come , when Stephen King’sITgets theatrically adapted for the first time . Early critical reactions have been very positive , approach sports fan sentiment is generally through the roof , and box office projections hint literally record - break opening weekend totals . After an underperforming summertime when it come to ticket sales , Hollywood really needsITto be the hit it expect poised to be .
Of of course - as any devotee of King ’s book or the1990 miniseries- is well aware of , IT(2017 ) is only the first one-half of a two - part story , despite the singular title of the picture show and its merchandising failing to acknowledge that fact . In the early day after it was first announced that Warner Bros. would be adaptingITinto two disjoined film , many fans worried that if the first movie was n’t a achiever , the second movie would be scratch and the story would go unfinished .
In hindsight , those fears were obviously wild since , based on the current box office estimates , WB will likely be tripping over themselves to get theITsequel into production . Still , there ’s a interrogation as to when fan will get to seePart 2,as Muschetti has said antecedently that the script has n’t even been save yet , and belike wo n’t be quick to go until at least January 2018 . Plus , as of July , Muschetti isattached to steer aRobotechadaptationfor Sony . gratefully , Muschetti tellsBad Tastethat he wo n’t be doingRobotechuntil after he enclose up the story of the Losers ' Club . Here ’s his full quote , around translated from the original Italian :
" Bad Taste : So will you range Robotech before the IT sequel ?
A. Muschietti : No , IT 2 is my priority . I would run Robotech , in case later .
Bad Taste : And do you have higher budget for this continuation ?
A. Muschietti : Well … clearly I trust so ! "
In add-on to confirming thatIT : Part 2will shoot beforeRobotech , Muschetti ’s 2d comment about hope for a high budget for the subsequence is interesting . precise budget figures forITaren’t publically useable at present , but theme have count on it as being somewhere around $ 30 million . While that ’s obviously not pocket change by any standard , it ’s a fair small price for a high - visibility motion picture made by a big Hollywood studio apartment .
IfITmakes as much as predicted , one wonder if Muschetti will have the clout to need WB to give him more resources forPart 2.If nothing else though , what he ’s working with now is no doubt much , muchmore than what the shaper of the miniseries had at their disposal .
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Source : Bad Taste
