Get the latest music news plus concert recaps, reviews, photos, videos and more at JamBase. It 2. 01. 7 film Wikipedia. It Chapter One, commonly known simply as It, is a 2. Features cast and crew details, quotes, trivia, plot summary, and links to external review sites. American supernatural horror film5 directed by Andy Muschietti, based on the 1. Stephen King. The screenplay is written by Chase Palmer, Cary Fukunaga and Gary Dauberman. The first of a planned duology, the film tells the story of seven children in Derry, Maine, who are terrorized by the eponymous being, only to face their own personal demons in the process. The novel was previously adapted into a 1. The film stars Jaeden Lieberher and Bill Skarsgrd as Bill Denbrough and Pennywise the Dancing Clown, respectively, with Jeremy Ray Taylor, Sophia Lillis, Finn Wolfhard, Wyatt Oleff, Chosen Jacobs, Jack Dylan Grazer, Nicholas Hamilton and Jackson Robert Scott in supporting roles. Principal photography began in the Riverdale neighborhood of Toronto on June 2. September 2. 1, 2. Other Ontario locations included Port Hope and Oshawa. It premiered in Los Angeles on September 5, 2. United States on September 8, 2. Upon release, the film set numerous box office records and has grossed over 6. Unadjusted for inflation, it is the highest grossing R rated horror film of all time, the highest grossing horror film internationally, the second highest grossing horror film overall after The Sixth Sense and the second highest grossing R rated film of all time after Deadpool. It is also the highest grossing horror film of 2. R rated film of 2. It received positive reviews, with critics praising the performances, direction, cinematography and musical score, and many calling it one of the best Stephen King adaptations. A sequel, It Chapter Two, is scheduled to be released on September 6, 2. Plot. In October 1. Bill Denbrough gives his seven year old brother, Georgie, a paper sailboat. Georgie sails the boat along the rainy streets of small town Derry, and is disappointed when it falls down a storm drain. As he attempts to retrieve it Georgie sees a clown in the sewer, who introduces himself as Pennywise the Dancing Clown. The clown entices Georgie to come closer, then severs his arm and drags him into the sewer. The following summer, Bill and his friends loudmouth Richie Tozier, hypochondriac Eddie Kaspbrak, and timid Stan Uris run afoul of bully Henry Bowers and his gang. Bill, still haunted by Georgies disappearance and the resulting neglect from his grief stricken parents, discovers that his brothers body may have washed up in a marshy wasteland called the Barrens. He recruits his friends to check it out, believing his brother may still be alive. New kid Ben Hanscom learns that the town has been plagued by unexplained tragedies and child disappearances for centuries. He is targeted by Bowers gang for being fat, after which he flees into the Barrens and meets Bills group. They find the sneaker of a missing girl, while a member of the pursuing Bowers Gang, Patrick Hockstetter, is killed by Pennywise. Beverly Marsh, a girl ostracized over rumors of promiscuity, also joins the group both Bill and Ben develop feelings for her. Later, the group befriends homeschool student Mike Hanlon after defending him from Bowers. All the while each member of the group has encountered terrifying phenomena in various forms these include a menacing clown, a headless boy, a fountain of blood, a diseased and rotting man, a creepy painting come to life, Mikes parents burning alive, and a phantom Georgie. Now calling themselves The Losers Club, they realize they are all being terrorized by the same entity. They determine that Pennywise or It assumes the appearance of what they fear, awakens every 2. Derry before returning to hibernation, and moves about by using sewer lines which all lead to a well currently under the creepy, abandoned house at 2. Neibolt Street. After an attack by Pennywise, the group ventures to the house to confront him, only to be separated and terrorized. Eddie breaks his arm, while Pennywise gloats to Bill about Georgie. As they regroup, Beverly impales Pennywise through the head, forcing the clown to retreat. However, after the encounter the group begins to splinter, with only Bill and Beverly resolute in fighting It. Weeks later, after Beverly confronts and incapacitates her sexually abusive father, she is abducted by Pennywise. The Losers Club reassembles and travels back to the Neibolt house to rescue her. Henry Bowers, who has killed his father after being compelled into madness by It, attacks the group. Mike fights back and pushes Bowers down the well to his apparent death. The Losers descend into the sewers and find Its underground lair, which contains a mountain of decayed circus props and childrens belongings, around which the bodies of missing children float in mid air. Beverly, now catatonic after being exposed to Its true form, is restored to consciousness as Ben kisses her. Watch A King In New York Online Hulu. Bill encounters Georgie, but recognizes that hes Pennywise in disguise. Pennywise attacks the group and takes Bill hostage, offering to spare the others if they let It keep Bill. The Losers reject this and reaffirm their friendship, overcoming their various fears. After a brutal battle they defeat Pennywise and he retreats, with Bill declaring that It will starve during its hibernation. Their victory is bittersweet, as Bill finally accepts his brothers death and is comforted by his friends. As summer ends, Beverly informs the group of a vision she had while catatonic, where she saw them fighting the creature as adults. The Losers swear a blood oath that they will return to Derry as adults if It returns and destroy the creature once and for all. Stanley, Eddie, Richie, Mike, and Ben make their goodbyes as the group disperses. Beverly tells Bill she is leaving the next day to live with her aunt in Portland. Before she leaves, Bill reveals his feelings and they kiss. Cast. Jaeden Lieberher as William Bill Denbrough. The leader of the Losers Club searching for his missing brother Georgie. Losing his brother makes the battle against It a more personal crusade for him. On the character of Denbrough, Muschietti spoke of him knowing a situation of despair, on top of the terror of It and the fear of heights, to which he stated, Bill is like a ghost in his own home nobody sees him because his parents cant get over Georgies death. Ty Simpkins was considered for the role in Cary Fukunagas production.