{"id":81169,"date":"2018-07-05T13:47:03","date_gmt":"2018-07-05T02:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.booktopia.com.au\/?p=81169"},"modified":"2018-07-09T17:03:01","modified_gmt":"2018-07-09T06:03:01","slug":"first-look-cast-it-chapter-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/2018\/07\/05\/first-look-cast-it-chapter-2\/","title":{"rendered":"First look at the cast of It: Chapter 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Check out\u00a0the cast of <em>It: Chapter 2<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>The It Movie&#8217;s official Twitter account has posted the first pic of the cast of <em>It: Chapter 2<\/em> at a table read. Here they are, the Losers&#8217; Club, all grown up and apparently having an awesome time!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Back to Derry with these Losers. \ud83c\udf88<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ITMovie?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ITMovie<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dvg0fEP9Ts\">pic.twitter.com\/dvg0fEP9Ts<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 IT Movie\ud83c\udf88 (@ITMovieOfficial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ITMovieOfficial\/status\/1013814304812994561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 2, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The cast is wonderfully star-studded featuring Bill Hader, Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy, Jay Ryan, James Ransone, Isaiah Mustafa and Andy Bean.<\/p>\n<p><em>It: Chapter 2<\/em> is set 27 years after the events in the first movie and the casting choices for the adult versions of these characters are truly inspired. The first film starred Finn Wolfhard as Richie, Sophia Lillis as Beverly, Jaeden Lieberher as Bill, Jack Dylan Grazer as Eddie, Jeremy Wray Taylor as Ben, Chosen Jacobs as Mike and Wyatt Oleff as Stanley .<\/p>\n<p>In some cases the resemblance between the child and adult actors is downright uncanny, such as Jessica Chastain as Beverly &#8211; who was played by Sophia Lillis in the first movie. To truly appreciate how perfect this is check out this post from Jessica Chastain&#8217;s Instagram.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 300px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BkjDEzGBsfT\/\" data-instgrm-version=\"8\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BkjDEzGBsfT\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DAY 1 \u2714 #BeverlyMarsh #ITmovie\ud83c\udf88 \ud83d\udcf8 credit @itthemovie2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">A post shared by <a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jessicachastain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Jessica Chastain<\/a> (@jessicachastain) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2018-06-28T00:06:43+00:00\">Jun 27, 2018 at 5:06pm PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async defer src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>And of course\u00a0Bill Skarsgard will return in Chapter 2 as Pennywise the clown &#8211; the role he nailed so\u00a0terrifying in the first film.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Release Date<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>It: Chapter 2<\/em> will arrive in theaters on September 6, 2019, which seems a looooooong way away. In the meantime, I plan to make\u00a0the wait a little easier by watching <a href=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/dvd-movies\/it-2017-\/prod9398700033390.html?utm_source=booktopian_blog&amp;utm_medium=booktopian&amp;utm_campaign=It%20Chapter%202\">the first movie<\/a> a few hundred times. Bare minimum.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Movie Plot (Minor Spoiler Warning!)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The best part about movies<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>based on books is that you can totally find out what happens way before the movie comes out.<\/p>\n<p>There are two timelines in <em>It<\/em>. The past timeline follows what happened to the Losers&#8217; Club when they were kids and then the present timeline set 27 years later, when the kids are adults.\u00a0The first movie only covered the past timeline, but anyone desperate to find out what happens to the kids once they&#8217;re all grown up only needs to read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/it-stephen-king\/prod9781473666948.html?utm_source=booktopian_blog&amp;utm_medium=booktopian&amp;utm_campaign=It%20Chapter%202\">the book!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out\u00a0the cast of It: Chapter 2 The It Movie&#8217;s official Twitter account has posted the first pic of the cast of It: Chapter 2 at a table read. Here they are, the Losers&#8217; Club, all grown up and apparently having an awesome time! Back to Derry with these Losers. \ud83c\udf88#ITMovie pic.twitter.com\/dvg0fEP9Ts \u2014 IT Movie\ud83c\udf88 (@ITMovieOfficial) July 2, 2018 The cast is wonderfully star-studded featuring Bill Hader, Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy, Jay Ryan, James Ransone, Isaiah Mustafa and Andy Bean. It: Chapter 2 is set 27 years after the events in the first movie and the casting choices for the adult versions of these characters are truly inspired. The first film starred Finn Wolfhard as Richie, Sophia Lillis as Beverly, Jaeden Lieberher as Bill, Jack Dylan Grazer as Eddie, Jeremy Wray Taylor as Ben, Chosen Jacobs as Mike and Wyatt Oleff as Stanley . In some cases the resemblance between the child and adult actors is downright uncanny, such as Jessica Chastain as Beverly &#8211; who was played by Sophia Lillis in the first movie. To truly appreciate how perfect this is check out this post from Jessica Chastain&#8217;s Instagram. 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