It: Chapter 2 is adding more star power to its roster. Bill Hader & James McAvoy are in talks to join the horror sequel.
If the deal goes through, McAvoy would play the role of the adult Bill Denbrough, the unofficial leader of the group of kids nicknamed the Losers Club and who grows up to be a successful author. When he returns to face his past, his old stutter resurfaces. Jaeden Lieberher played the character in the first movie. Hader will play the adult Richie Tozier, the jokester who grows up to be a DJ. Finn Wolfhard played the character in the first installment.
Jessica Chastain is already on board to play Beverly Marsh, the group’s lone female member who as an adult ends up in an abusive marriage. Bill Skarsgård will return as Pennywise & the kid actors from the movie, Lieberher, and Wolfhard among them, are expected to return for the second chapter in flashback scenes.
It: Chapter 2 has a September 6, 2019 release date and begins shooting in July.
