The Terror Looms Large as New Line Cinema’s “IT” Opens Globally in IMAX® Day-and-Date with Conventional Theatres
September 05 2017 - 7:42PM
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Warner Bros. Pictures announced today that New Line Cinema’s
highly anticipated horror thriller IT will open in domestic and
select international IMAX® theatres day-and-date with its wide
theatrical release, starting with the earliest international
markets on Wednesday, September 6, and in North America with
Thursday night previews on September 7.
In IMAX theatres around the globe, horror fans can be immersed
in the terrifying world of one of Stephen King’s most popular
novels—brought to the big screen for the first time by director
Andy Muschietti.
Tickets for IMAX showings are now available for advance
purchase.
New Line Cinema’s horror thriller “IT” tells the story of seven
young outcasts growing up in the township of Derry, Maine, who call
themselves the Losers’ Club. Each of them has been ostracized for
one reason or another; each has a target on their back from the
local pack of bullies…and all have seen their inner fears come to
life in the form of an ancient shapeshifting predator they can only
call It.
For as long as their town has existed, Derry has been the
entity’s hunting ground, emerging from the sewers every 27 years to
feed on the terrors of its chosen prey: Derry’s children. Banding
together over one horrifying and exhilarating summer, the Losers
form a close bond to help them overcome their own fears and stop a
killing cycle that began on a rainy day, with a small boy chasing a
paper boat as it swept down a storm drain…and into the hands of
Pennywise the Clown.
Directed by Andy Muschietti (“Mama”), “IT” is based on the
Stephen King novel of the same name, which has been terrifying
readers for decades. First published in 1986, IT became an instant
classic. It continues to be counted among the best and most
influential works of the undisputed literary master of horror,
inspiring numerous film and television projects in the years that
have followed.
The film stars Bill Skarsgård (“Allegiant,” TV’s “Hemlock
Grove”) as the story’s central villain, Pennywise. An ensemble of
young actors also star in the film, including Jaeden Lieberher
(“Midnight Special”), Jeremy Ray Taylor (“Alvin and the Chipmunks:
The Road Chip”), Sophia Lillis (“37”), Finn Wolfhard (TV’s
“Stranger Things”), Wyatt Oleff (“Guardians of the Galaxy”), Chosen
Jacobs (upcoming “Cops and Robbers”), Jack Dylan Grazer (“Tales of
Halloween”), Nicholas Hamilton (“Captain Fantastic”) and Jackson
Robert Scott, making his film debut.
Muschietti directed “IT” from a screenplay by Chase Palmer &
Cary Fukunaga and Gary Dauberman, based on the novel by King. Roy
Lee, Dan Lin, Seth Grahame-Smith, David Katzenberg and Barbara
Muschietti produced the film, with Dave Neustadter, Walter Hamada,
Richard Brener, Toby Emmerich, Marty P. Ewing, Doug Davison, Jon
Silk and Niija Kuykendall serving as executive producers.
The behind-the-scenes creative team included director of
photography Chung-Hoon Chung (“Me and Earl and the Dying Girl,”
“Oldboy”), production designer Claude Paré (“Rise of the Planet of
the Apes”), editor Jason Ballantine (“Mad Max: Fury Road”), and
costume designer Janie Bryant (TV’s “Mad Men”). The music was
composed by Benjamin Wallfisch (“Annabelle: Creation”).
New Line Cinema presents a Vertigo Entertainment/Lin
Pictures/Katzsmith Production, “IT.” Opening on September 8, 2017,
the film will be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner
Bros. Entertainment Company.
“IT” has been rated R for violence/horror, bloody images, and
for language.
www.Itthemovie.com
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