Andy Muschietti Teases Six-Hour ‘It’ Supercut Dream
The filmmaker hints at a marathon cut packed with unseen cosmic lore as HBO’s Derry prequel keeps Stephen King terror thriving.
Summary
- Director Andy Muschietti confirmed during a Reddit AMA that his long-rumored It supercut, merging the 2017 and 2019 films, is “still a big dream of mine”
- The proposed extended edit is expected to run over six and a half hours and would include deleted scenes, such as cosmic lore revolving around the celestial turtle Maturin
- The project has been delayed due to the director’s heavy involvement in the recent HBO prequel series, It: Welcome to Derry, which has proven there is continued audience demand for the It universe
Andy Muschietti is not done with Derry. Six years after It: Chapter Two, the director says his long-rumored It supercut that merges the 2017 and 2019 films into one marathon experience is still very much alive in his mind.
Speaking during a Reddit AMA tied to It: Welcome to Derry, he reaffirmed that the extended edit, packed with deleted and never-before-seen sequences, remains “still a big dream of mine” and that he is simply waiting for the time and space to assemble it.
The proposed supercut would reportedly run over six and a half hours and weave in deeper cosmic lore, including cut material around entities like the celestial turtle Maturin, positioning it as a maximalist, definitive screen version of King’s horror opus. The renewed buzz lands just as HBO’s It: Welcome to Derry finishes its debut run, expanding Muschietti’s vision of Derry across decades and proving there is still serious cultural appetite for premium Stephen King horror world-building.
