New Line Cinema presents a Vertigo Entertainment/Lin Pictures/Katzsmith Production, IT. Ewing, Doug Davison, Jon Silk and Niija Kuykendall serving as executive producers.
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.
Muschietti directed IT from a screenplay by Chase Palmer & Cary Fukunaga and Gary Dauberman, based on the novel by King. 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 (Netflix’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. The film stars Bill Skarsgård (Allegiant) as the story’s central villain, Pennywise. 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. First published in 1986, IT became an instant classic. Directed by Andy Muschietti, IT is based on the Stephen King novel of the same name, which has been terrifying readers for decades.
