With director Andy Muschietti's 2017 IT and this past weekend's IT: CHAPTER TWO, both halves of the story told in Stephen King's epic novel have now been brought to the screen… But the first IT made over $700 million at the global box office and CHAPTER TWO just had an $185 million opening weekend, so what are the chances that New Line Cinema is going to walk away from this cash cow just because King's story is over?
Muschietti and star Bill Skarsgard, who plays the evil clown Pennywise, both know there's a chance the IT franchise could continue, and both have addressed how Pennywise could return in future films.
Speaking with io9, Muschietti said the key to making more IT is to dig into the mythology King created in the novel.
Mythology is something that always has opportunities to explore. 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."
Skarsgard told Entertainment Weekly,
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."
So if New Line decides to give Muschietti and Skarsgard a call to tell them they're giving a greenlight to an IT: CHAPTER THREE, it sounds like they would both be willing to get on board.
Hat tip to our friends at Bloody-Disgusting for drawing our attention to these interviews.