Jessica Chastain describes IT: Chapter Two as “Carrie on steroids”

Last Updated on August 5, 2021

The full trailer for director Andy Muschietti's adaptation of Stephen King's IT: CHAPTER TWO hit the other day and had all of us Pennywise fans delighted. And today we have word that CHAPTER TWO star Jessica Chastain wanted the sequel to be "Carrie on steroids."

Specifically, Chastain says:

I was like, ‘No, if we’re going to do it, let’s do it.' I love horror films, I love Carrie, and I said, ‘Let’s make Carrie on steroids.' And that’s what we did and it literally tortured me because I didn’t realize that it would be that way the whole movie. 

For those that might not know, Chastain is referring to director Brian DePalma's adaptation of Stephen king's CARRIE. I think we all know that. But still.  Anyhow, box-office analysts are predicting IT: CHAPTER TWO could make as much as $150 million opening weekend. Let's make that happen!

In the meantime, here's the synopsis for IT: CHAPTER TWO:

Twenty-seven years after the horrific events of the summer of 1989, It (Bill Skarsgård) returns. The Losers' Club fulfills their promises and returns to Derry to put an end to the shape-shifting beast once and for all.

Bill Skarsgård returns in the seminal role of Pennywise along with the above-mentioned cast of James McAvoy, Jessica Chastain, Bill Hader, Isaiah Mustafa, Jay Ryan, James Ransone, and Andy Bean. Reprising their roles as the original members of the Losers Club are Jaeden Lieberher, Wyatt Oleff, Sophia Lillis, Finn Wolfhard, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Chosen Jacobs, and Jack Dylan Grazer. Muschietti directs from a screenplay by Gary Dauberman based on the novel by Stephen King. Barbara Muschietti, Dan Lin, and Roy Lee produce while Marty Ewing, Seth Grahame-Smith, and David Katzenberg are the executive producers. IT CHAPTER TWO will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. on September 6, 2019.