‘It’ Director on Tackling the Two R-Rated Movies and Why He Picked Bill Skarsgard for Pennywise

“It,” Stephen King’s sprawling novel about a band of friends confronted with a child-eating clown, is one of the horror master’s most terrifying works. Director Andres Muschietti, who first turned heads with 2013’s “Mama,” has been tasked with turning the doorstop of a book into two films. The first part hits theaters Sept. 8. Muschietti... Read more » varietybrentlang