It Chapter Two’ is a 2019 American supernatural horror film and the sequel to the 2017 film ‘It’, both based on the 1986 novel ‘It’ by Stephen King has hit the cinemas of Dhaka on Friday. The film is currently being screened at both Bashundhara City Shopping Mall and Shimanto Shambhar and also at Blockbuster Cinemas of Jamuna Future Park in the capital. The film is directed by Andy Muschietti and written by Gary Dauberman. Set in 2016, 27 years after the events depicted in the first film, it stars James McAvoy, Jessica Chastain, Bill Hader, Isaiah Mustafa, Jay Ryan, James Ransone, and Andy Bean as the adult versions of the Losers Club. Jaeden Martell, Sophia Lillis, Finn Wolfhard, Chosen Jacobs, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Jack Dylan Grazer, and Wyatt Oleff reprise their roles as the younger Losers, while Bill Skarsgård also returns as Pennywise the Dancing Clown.
‘It Chapter Two’ premiered at the Regency Village Theater in Los Angeles on August 26, 2019, and was theatrically released in the United States by Warner Bros. Pictures on September 6, 2019. Much like its predecessor, ‘It Chapter Two’ received praise from critics for its acting (particularly Hader and Skarsgård), themes, and faithfulness to the novel, though criticism was aimed at its runtime and lack of scares compared to its predecessor.
