IT star says Andres Muschietti’s film doesn’t need an extended cut

Last Updated on July 21, 2021

A while back we let you guys know that STEPHEN KING’S IT was going to be getting a director’s cut on Blu-ray with 15 mins. of added footage. I’m excited as hell about that (whenever it finally hits) and will be picking up a copy asap.

But one of the film’s stars, Jaeden Lieberher (aka Stuttering Bill) recently told Cinema Blend that he doesn’t think the film needs an extended edition, telling the site:

Jaeden Lieberher on if IT needs an Extended Cut:

No, not necessarily because I was saying this before, but everything is cut out of the movie for a reason. But I am excited to see, because there was one scene where I had to wear this harness. I actually climb up the big tower of toys, so that was an interesting scene to film and it was hard to see it not be in the movie but it all works out for a reason.

Fair enough, little dude. But all the same, being a huge fan of the book, there are quite a few scenes I would like to see included and/or extended. But I would have loved a 13-episode TV season based on just the kid’s parts of the story. Too much wouldn’t be enough for me.

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Blu-ray & DVD Special Features:

Pennywise Lives! –  Discover how Bill Skarsgård prepared to portray the primordial creature known as Pennywise the Dancing Clown

The Losers’ Club – Get up close and personal with the teenage stars of “IT” as they bond together during the production,

Author of Fear – Stephen King reveals the roots of his best-selling novel, the nature of childhood fear and how he created his most famous monster, Pennywise

Deleted Scenes – Eleven deleted or extended scenes from the film

IT synopsis:

A group of young kids faces their biggest fears when they seek answers to the disappearance of children in their hometown of Derry, Maine. They square off against an evil clown named Pennywise, whose history of murder and violence dates back for centuries.

IT is directed by Andrés Muschietti from a script by Chase Palmer & Cary Joji Fukunaga and Gray Dauberman, based on the novel by Stephen King.

The film stars Jaeden Lieberher, Sophia Lillis, Finn Wolfhard, Wyatt Oleff, Jack Dylan Grazer, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Chosen Jacobs, Nicholas Hamilton, Owen Teague, Javier Botet, Steven Williams, and Bill Skarsgård as Pennywise the Dancing Clown.

STEPHEN KING’S IT hits Digital December 19 and Blu-ray January 9, 2018!

PRE-ORDER HERE!