In October 2017, apart from the thriller Nemesis (much like Pedro Almodóvar's "The Skin I Dress"), two long-awaited horror films will debut in Italian theaters. They are It, whose release date is set for Oct. 19 and of Saw: Legacy which will arrive in our theaters on Oct. 31 to coincide with the Halloween holiday.
October 19
Directed by Andres Muschietti, the director of The mother, It is the first part of the adaptation of the well-known horror novel (1986) by Stephen King. The film will debut in Italian theaters on October 19, 2017, thanks to Warner Bros. Pictures.
It was released in U.S. theaters last September 8. Well received by critics and audiences alike, the film set a box office record in a single weekend of screenings.
In these days also, New Line has made official the production of It: Chapter II, setting a release date of September 6, 2019, and confirming Andres Muschietti as director. The screenplay, on the other hand, will be by Gary Dauberman.
Plot of It: children start disappearing in the town of Derry, Maine, and some kids (members of the Losers Club) will be forced to confront their fears when an evil clown named Pennywise (Bill Skarsgård) starts tormenting them.
In the cast of It there are Bill Skarsgård (Hemlock Grove), Jaeden Lieberher, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Jack Dylan Grazer (Tales of Halloween), Sophia Lillis, Chosen Jacobs, Finn Wolfhard, Nicholas Hamilton, and Wyatt Oleff.
The official trailer for It:
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October 31
Saw: Legacy (aka Jigsaw) is the eighth installment in the famous franchise that began in 2004 with Saw - The Riddler and will arrive in Italian theaters on October 31, 2017 distributed by Eagle Pictures. The ruthless Riddler thus returns to the big screen just for the night of witches.
The film is produced by Twisted Pictures and is directed by brothers Michael and Peter Spierig (Undead, Daybreakers - The Last Vampire, Predestination).
In Saw: Legacy, several dead bodies are found scattered around the city. The investigation leads to the trail of John Kramer, a ruthless serial killer now deceased for about ten years. The police therefore begin to think that someone has taken his place imitating his modus operandi.
The cast includes Tobin Bell, the icon of the saga. In addition to him are Laura Vandervoort, Brittany Allen (It stains the Sands Red), Hannah Anderson, Callum Keith Rennie, Mandela Van Peebles, Michael Bolsvert, James Gomez, Matt Passmore, Josiah Black and Shaquan Lewis.
Pete Goldfinger and Josh Stolberg (Piranha 3D, Sorority Row) collaborated together on the film's screenplay.
The official Italian trailer for Saw: Legacy:
