Andy Muschietti Dreams of a 6+ Hour It Supercut Combining Both Chapters with Never-Before-Seen Footage

With It: Welcome to Derry season 1 wrapped, the big question isn't just what comes next for Pennywise. It's whether Andy Muschietti will finally deliver the massive It supercut he teased years ago. He just addressed it in a Reddit AMA, and yep, the dream is still alive.

The supercut: still on the table

During an It: Welcome to Derry AMA on Reddit, a fan asked about the long-rumored extended cut that would stitch together It (2017) and It: Chapter Two (2019) into one mega-movie, packed with hours of unused footage. Muschietti's answer was short but encouraging:

"Yes, still a big dream of mine. Since we've been involved heavily in this show, we haven't had time to execute it. Crossing fingers."

Quick refresher: Muschietti first jumped into Stephen King's world with the 2017 It, then returned for 2019's Chapter Two. The movies hew pretty closely to King's 80s novel structure — kids vs. Pennywise in the 80s, then the Losers Club back in Derry 27 years later. After Chapter Two, he floated the idea of a single seamless cut of both films that would run roughly six and a half hours. That's not just splicing reels together; it would include never-before-seen material that didn't make the theatrical versions.

The deep-cut stuff he wanted to include

One cut scene fans have heard about involves Maturin — yes, the giant cosmic turtle that pops up across King's mythos — appearing in Bill's basement in Chapter Two. The sequence was apparently heavy on underwater imagery and got axed for pacing. It's famously weird, nerdy lore, but it's also a core piece of the Good-vs-Evil scaffolding that counterbalances Pennywise in King's universe.

Why the delay? Blame Derry (in a good way)

Muschietti says the supercut hasn't happened because he's been all-in on Welcome to Derry. And to be fair, the show feels like him stretching without the time or structure limits of a two-hour feature. Fans have noticed too — one even went big with the praise:

"Greatest depiction of Pennywise in any media format."

For some, that helps balance out what they saw as a comparatively restrained version of the character in the films.

Where things stand now

• The mega-cut: Still a passion project for Muschietti. Plan is to merge It (2017) and It: Chapter Two (2019) into a single, roughly 6.5-hour cut with hours of unused footage — including sequences that never made it off the page, like the Maturin-in-the-basement moment that was cut for pacing.
• Welcome to Derry status: Season 1 ended on December 14. The plan is to make two more seasons, with season 2 set in 1935 and season 3 in 1908.
• Season 1's key flashback: We already saw 1908, where the entity lured and killed circus clown Bob Grey and first took on the shape of Pennywise the Dancing Clown.
• Watching it: It: Welcome to Derry season 1 is streaming on HBO in the US and on Now in the UK.

So the supercut isn't dead — it's just parked while Derry stays open for business. If Muschietti gets his window, don't be surprised if that long-promised monster edit finally floats to the surface.