IT: WELCOME TO DERRY Creator Teases Ambitious IT Supercut With Stephen King’s Blessing: “It Really Is a Dream Come True”
Fans who have been holding out hope for a definitive, all-in-one version of It just got a pretty exciting update. Andy Muschietti, the filmmaker behind It and It: Chapter Two, is still pushing forward with his long-discussed supercut that would merge both films into a single, sprawling narrative.
Even better, the project already has the approval of Stephen King himself. Muschietti revealed that King personally checked in on the status of the project, which clearly meant a lot to him.
"Do you know what he asked me about it a month ago? Stephen King. He said, 'How's the super cut going?'' [I said] 'Great. Because it really is a dream come true to put the two films into a single narrative piece.'"
That kind of endorsement carries serious weight, especially considering how closely the two films already followed King’s massive novel. Even so, Muschietti has always felt there’s more room to explore the story, and the supercut would finally give him the space to do it right.
The plan isn’t just to stitch the two movies together. Muschietti wants to reshape the entire experience by adding new connective material that helps the story flow as one piece rather than two separate chapters.
Muschietti explained, "It's going to have a different structure, possibly. And it's going to have extra added scenes. I have to do some of that filming," before admitting that timing is the biggest obstacle. "But we don't have time. That's the problem… but I think there's interest. It seems to me that the studio is interested in financing it."
Both films split the story cleanly. The first focused on the Losers Club as kids in the late ’80s, while the sequel brought them back to Derry 27 years later as adults. That approach worked, but it also meant leaving out a lot of material from King’s 1,000-plus-page novel.
Muschietti has also confirmed there’s a substantial amount of unused footage sitting in the vaults, including a deleted moment involving Maturin, the cosmic turtle, who briefly appeared in Bill’s basement in It: Chapter Two before being cut.
As cool as all of this sounds, fans shouldn’t expect the supercut anytime soon. Muschietti is currently focused on expanding the mythology of Derry through It: Welcome to Derry.
He already has two more seasons planned beyond the first, with each one digging deeper into the town’s dark history. Season 1 takes place 27 years before the original film, season 2 jumps back to 1935, and season 3 goes even further to 1908.
Between the series and the supercut, it’s clear Muschietti isn’t done playing in King’s sandbox anytime soon. If the stars align and the studio gives the green light, the ultimate It viewing experience could finally become a reality. For fans of Pennywise and Derry, that’s something absolutely worth waiting for.