Here’s some exciting It 2 casting news for you: James McAvoy and Bill Hader are now in talks to join the horror sequel. In addition to that, Jessica Chastain, who was previously listed as in talks, is now officially on board. Long live the Losers’ Club.
Early today, word broke that It: Chapter 2 would officially begin filming this summer, which implied that casting announcements couldn’t be far behind. And here we are! The Hollywood Reporter reveals that James McAvoy and Bill Hader are currently in negotiations to join the highly-anticipated horror sequel. THR also confirms that Jessica Chastain, who had previously been listed as in talks, is now officially on board.
If all goes according to plan, McAvoy will play the adult Bill Denbrough, former leader of the Losers’ Club – a group of kids from Derry, Maine who banded together to defeat the evil shape-shifting clown Pennywise (Bill Skarsgard). Jaeden Lieberher played the young Bill in 2017’s It. Hader, meanwhile, will play Richie Tozier, the motor-mouthed, dirty-joke loving member of the group, played in the first film by Finn Wolfhard. Chastain is playing the adult Bev Marsh, the lone girl in the Losers’ Club, previously played by Sophia Lillis.
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