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Unit photography by Brooke Palmer, courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures.

Opposite: As the
feature adaptation
of Stephen King's
horror yarn It relates,
every 30 years an
ancient shapeshifting spirit -
often in the form of
Pennywise the clown
(Bill Skarsgård) -
returns to murder
the children of Derry,
Maine. This page,
left: The "Losers'
Club" bands together
to vanquish the evil
force. Below:
Director Andrés
Muschietti (wearing
white t-shirt) and
cinematographer
Chung Chung-hoon
(right) check the
frame with an onboard monitor.

Scott) has come to retrieve his paper
boat. Georgie subsequently goes missing, and the number of disappearances
starts to add up.
As the evil returns to overtake
Derry, Georgie's older brother Billy
( Jaeden Lieberher) finds strength in
numbers with his offbeat friends, who
together comprise the "Losers' Club,"
including Ben ( Jeremy Ray Taylor),
Beverly (Sophia Lillis), Richie (Finn
Wolfhard), Eddie ( Jack Dylan Grazer),
Stan (Wyatt Oleff ) and Mike (Chosen
Jacobs) - each an outcast in a different
way.
The Losers must ward off bullies
led by Henry Bowers (Nicholas
Hamilton), and head into Derry's dark
sewers to confront Pennywise. They
begin to realize that the spirit - which
they refer to as "It," and whose presence
is signified by a red balloon - feeds on
their fears, so overcoming their own
anxieties may be the key to defeating the
monster.
Helmed by Argentinean director
Andrés Muschietti - and written by
Chase Palmer, Cary Fukunaga and
Gary Dauberman - the feature
contains scenes reminiscent of the 1990
ABC miniseries, which was directed by
Tommy Lee Wallace, shot by Richard
Leiterman, and featured Tim Curry as

Pennywise. But here the filmmakers
have made a darker, R-rated version
more in keeping with modern horror
aesthetics. As currently plotted, It will
serve as the first half of King's story, with
a planned sequel to follow up with the
Losers 30 years later to fight the evil
anew.
Muschietti turned to South
Korean cinematographer Chung
Chung-hoon to help realize his vision of
King's tale. The director was an admirer
of Chung's work dating back to 2003's
operatic actioner Oldboy - the cameraman's first collaboration with director
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Park Chan-wook, as well as a Cannes
Film Festival Grand Prix winner.
"Chung is an artist who goes for a
surrealistic element, which is something
I wanted to bring to the equation,"
Muschietti tells AC, while en route to
San Diego to promote It at Comic-Con.
"He is very brave in terms of storytelling,
and has a wide range of ideas on story
and theme. His versatility intrigued me.
He doesn't always go for the same
aesthetic. Each movie has a style that is
very particular and interesting."
Chung refined his storytelling
sensibilities while studying directing
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