Latest in It: Chapter Two

Toward the end of tonight’s New Line ScareDiego session of It Chapter Two, the cast and director Andy Muschietti were asked by a fan in the crowd what other horror films they would remake next, and what titles they would refuse to touch. “I assume to the chagrin of Stephen King that we should not remake The Shining,&#8221…

Check back here for updates. Movie studios love playing a guessing game when it comes to what they are going to reveal when at San Diego Comic-Con. The bad news is that Sony, Warner Bros. and Universal have decided to sit this year out which means no news or reveals about Venom, the Spider-Verse, Wonder Woman, Birds of…

Warner Bros today was first up among the Hollywood majors to present at CineEurope as the annual exhibition convention kicked off in Barcelona. The studio showed footage from its horror and DC stables, along with an early look at Godzilla Vs Kong, ahead of a screening of New Line’s Annabelle Comes Home this evening…

For a third year in a row, New Line Cinema’s ScareDiego is returning to Comic-Con on preview night. This year, it’s all about It Chapter 2 for New Line and Warner Bros as the parent studio will skip a Hall H appearance at the confab. The WB decision comes despite the fact Warner Bros has three DC movies coming between…

The Hero Nation Index is a Monday roundup of news from Deadline’s coverage of the genre sector (sci-fi, fantasy, superheroes, horror, and animation).  GET WITH IT: The highest-grossing R-rated horror film in Hollywood history (if tallied by unadjusted international grosses) is It, the terrific 2017 release from Warner…

Warners showed off footage and a teaser from the second part to Andy Muschietti’s uber hit feature take of Stephen King’s It, the sequel zeroing in on the Losers Club as adults, having PTSD over evil clown Pennywise. We saw older Beverly Marsh (Jessica Chastain) visiting her father’s old apartment where a spooky old…

EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros. made it official today that their New Line genre fare will stake out the post-Labor Day weekend through 2022; a 3-day period they initially made lucrative in September 2017 when they opened It to a record $123.4M for the month, and did so again this year when they bowed Conjuring spinoff The Nun…

New Line Cinema didn’t come to Comic-Con to play. They came to terrify. On preview night of the fanboy/fangirl confab, New Line gave a hearty helping of scares at their second annual ScareDiego. A whole army of New Line horror directors and actors were on hand for the presentation with James Wan, the mastermind…

EXCLUSIVE: Taylor Frey has landed his first studio feature. The actor, whose credits include The Carrie Diaries and Gossip Girl, has been cast in New Line’s IT Chapter Two in the role of Don Hagarty who, in the Stephen King novel, is in a relationship with Adrian Mellon (who will be played by Xavier Dolan in the…

EXCLUSIVE: New Line Cinema will be reprising their genre cinematic preview night ScareDiego at Comic-Con on Wed., July 18, 9:30PM at the Horton Grand Theatre in the Gaslamp District. Last year, New Line teed off Annabelle: Creation with a full sneak preview in addition to showing the first extended clips from It, and…

Warner Bros. has released the first cast photo for It: Chapter Two featuring the adult version of the Losers’ Club, signaling the start of production for the next iteration. The pic was taken during the table read and posted on the IT Movie official Twitter account with the caption “Back to Derry with these losers,&#8221…

EXCLUSIVE: Xavier Dolan and Will Beinbrink have landed supporting roles in New Line Cinema's IT Chapter Two for director Andy Muschietti, who helmed the original. The sequel portrays the kids — members of the Losers’ Club, who were tormented by Pennywise — as adults. James McAvoy plays Bill, Bill Hader is Richie…