It Chapter Two is now only a couple of months away and for fans of the book who think they know everything, think again.
Speaking to Digital Spy for the release of Annabelle Comes Home, Gary Dauberman – who co-wrote the first movie and returned for Chapter Two – promised that the sequel will hold some surprises, even if you know the story.
“Oh, absolutely. I can guarantee that. And if you wanna know the specifics as to what, go see the movie,” he teased.
Earlier this week, we got a brand new look at the grown-up Losers’ Club in the sequel, with the likes of James McAvoy, Jessica Chastain and Bill Hader joining the cast.
“When you leave Derry, something happens where you forget it all. I think it’s like a [power] of Pennywise’s,” McAvoy explained of the Losers’ Club’s return to Derry 27 years later.
“Because if everybody could remember what he gets up to every 27 years through history, we’d go, ‘Hey, Derry’s really f**ked up, we should do something about that. We should send in the f**king Army!'”
And even though Dauberman has said the sequel will surprise fans, we do know that it’ll feature the brutal book moment that sees a young gay man called Adrian Mellon attacked by a gang of youths.
“It is an iconic scene in the book and one we wanted to include in the movie,” Dauberman previously noted.
“It is the first attack in present-day Derry and sets the stage for what Derry has become. It is the influence of Pennywise even while he is hibernating, and it’s pure evil what happens to Adrian. These bullies working through Pennywise was important for us to show.”
It Chapter Two is released in cinemas on September 6.