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IT: Chapter Two producer Barbara Muschietti has confirmed that there will be a director's cut of the upcoming Pennywise picture, which has been given a theatrical run-time of two hours and 45 minutes.

In an interview with Digital Spy, Muschietti said that she believes the fear-inducing flick "merits" an extended cut because there are "some amazing scenes that didn't make it into the movie" since it had to be cut down from it's original bladder-busting duration of four hours.

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"We will put out a director's cut because this time it definitely merits it," she said, adding that "you have to make choices sometimes and some things cannot be in this theatrical release but are definitely worthy of people seeing them at a later date."

While the runtime for the director's cut has not been shared at this time - the contents of that version are likely barely in the planning stages right now, if even that far - there is potential for up to one hour and 15 minutes of extra footage to be included in this version of the film. Director Andy Muschietti admitted that the theatrical release was originally much longer than its final 165 minutes runtime.

"A movie is very different when you're writing the script and you're building a story compared to what the final product is," he said. "At the beginning, when you're writing and building the beats of the story, everything that you put in there seems very essential to the story. However, when you have the movie finally edited and it's four hours long, you realise that some of the events and some of the beats can be easily lifted but the essence of the story remains intact.

"You cannot deliver a four-hour movie because people will start to feel uncomfortable," he added.

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If the prospect of a four-hour runtime gives you the heebie jeebies, then rest assured, as Muschietti promised that the pacing is very good for the 2 hours and 45 minutes that you will spend in the theatre watching the Stephen King horror sequel, saying "nobody who's seen the movie has had any complaint."

For more on IT: Chapter Two, check out the three skin-crawling scenes from ScareDiego, review our comparison of the younger and older Loser's Club cast, or take a look at this bizarre sequence from the book that made it into the movie.

Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.