Young Bev passes the red balloon to Jessica Chastain for 'IT' sequel in perfect first look
The Losers Club never looked so cool.
A new image shared by Jessica Chastain captured a beautiful passing of the torch -- or rather the red balloon -- between Sophia Lillis, the young star behind Beverly Marsh in IT: Chapter One, and her grown up counterpart in IT: Chapter Two.
It's a tantalizing first glimpse at the follow up to the creepy-beautiful horror hit of 2017. The first movie ended with the group of '80s misfits making a blood pact to return to Derry if Bill Skarsgård's Pennywise was ever resurrected again -- as he's been want to do every twenty-seven years.
And sure enough the upcoming sequel takes place in the present day, when they must all go back to their hometown to take on the shapeshifting evil clown one more time.
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The image of a young Beverly Marsh reaching out across the table to give Chastain the red balloon is rife with symbolism. The red balloon is essentially Pennywise's calling card, and her desperation to pass it off shows how the adult Losers Club must finish the fight that was beyond their years in Chapter One.
The rest of the grown up cast includes Bill Hader as Richie, James McAvoy as Bill, James Ransone as Eddie, Andy Bean as Stanley, Jay Ryan as Ben, and Isaiah Mustafa as Mike.
Director Andy Muschietti will be coming back, and has said that the main plot of the sequel focuses on the grownup storyline -- which was part of a parallel narrative to the kids' story in the Steven King novel. But there will also be plenty of flashbacks of the kids bygone era, ensuring that the original cast we fell in love with could return.
IT: Chapter Two is set to release on Sept 6, 2019. And we hope that red balloon is popped for good by the end of the grownup Derry gang's fresh nightmare.
Topics Stephen King
Jess is an LA-based culture critic who covers intimacy in the digital age, from sex and relationship to weed and all media (tv, games, film, the web). Previously associate editor at Kill Screen, you can also find her words on Vice, The Atlantic, Rolling Stone, Vox, and others. She is a Brazilian-Swiss American immigrant with a love for all things weird and magical.
