Blood-soaked 'It' sequel jolts Comic-Con to life

Andrew Marszal, Agence France-Presse

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kicked off with a chorus of shrieks -- and gallons of blood -- as New Line Cinema unveiled spine-chilling footage from &quot;It: Chapter 2,&quot; the sequel to the highest-grossing horror movie of all time.</p><p>The Warner Bros.-owned studio used Wednesday&#x27;s preview night of the world&#x27;s largest pop culture fan gathering to showcase its concluding film of Stephen King&#x27;s 1986 novel about a terrifying clown who lurks in the sewers, preying on children&#x27;s most nightmarish fears.</p><p>The adaptation was split into two by director Andy Muschietti -- the first part, released in 2017, took a stunning $700 million at the global box office.</p><p>The sequel, out September 6, stars Jessica Chastain and James McAvoy as grown-up versions of the haunted children returning to their creepy hometown 27 years later to battle Pennywise the clown.</p><p>Asked by host Conan O&#x27;Brien about a clip showing her character covered head-to-toe in blood, Chastain said she had volunteered for the full immersion -- but later regretted it.</p><p>&quot;I just was like, let&#x27;s make &#x27;Carrie&#x27; on steroids,&quot; she told a packed downtown theater. &quot;And that&#x27;s what he (Muschietti) did. And it literally tortured me through the whole movie.&quot;</p><p>Chastain claimed that a world-record 4,500 gallons of fake blood were used in the production -- all of which had to be kept freezing-cold to stop it fermenting in the summer heat.</p><p>One haunting clip showed McAvoy&#x27;s character -- an adult Ben Denbrough -- racing through a claustrophobic house of mirrors in a bid to stop the clown&#x27;s murderous spree.</p><p>McAvoy said he pulled muscles and developed tendonitis during an arduous, physical shoot in which Muschietti demanded endless multiple takes.</p><p>&quot;Zero Dark Thirty&quot; actress Chastain also praised the genre&#x27;s portrayal of strong women in the age of #MeToo.</p><p>&quot;Right now a lot of people are talking about female characters and arcs ... I find that in horror films, they really honor women, in that women beat the monster at the end and usually the men die.&quot;</p><p>The 50th anniversary edition of Comic-Con International brings 135,000 hyped-up devotees to a sweaty San Diego convention center for the next four days, packed with glimpses of the next mega-hit films, TV shows -- and a few comic books. </p><p>Elsewhere on Wednesday, there was a screening for The CW&#x27;s upcoming &quot;Batwoman&quot; series, featuring Ruby Rose as an openly lesbian, feminist superheroine.</p><p>The show&#x27;s groundbreaking protagonist has already stirred controversy in some of the internet&#x27;s darker depths, but the early glimpse drew praise.</p><p>&quot;Ruby Rose is fun as hell. Pilot is an origin story. And it is SPECTACULARLY gay!&quot; tweeted SyFyWire journalist Jacob Oller. </p><p>Much-anticipated panels later in the week include a &quot;Terminator&quot; sequel reuniting Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton, a &quot;Star Trek&quot; showcase welcoming back Patrick Stewart, and a &quot;Game of Thrones&quot; reunion.</p><p>Marvel Studios is also expected to lift the lid on the next set of films in its hyper-successful &quot;cinematic universe&quot; of superhero movies.</p><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div>

<p>New Line Cinema used Wednesday's preview night of the world's largest pop culture fan gathering to showcase its concluding film of Stephen King's 1986 novel about a terrifying clown who lurks in the sewers, preying on children's most nightmarish fears.</p>

New Line Cinema used Wednesday's preview night of the world's largest pop culture fan gathering to showcase its concluding film of Stephen King's 1986 novel about a terrifying clown who lurks in the sewers, preying on children's most nightmarish fears.

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Blood-soaked 'It' sequel jolts Comic-Con to life

Blood-soaked 'It' sequel jolts Comic-Con to life

Andrew Marszal,

Agence France-Presse

Published Jul 18, 2019 05:54 PM PHT

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