From this Saturday at 12am Eastern, that’s 5pm Saturday in NZ, 3pm in Sydney and 5am in the UK, and repeated every four hours throughout the day, it’s the described movies It from 2017, and Pet Sematary from 1989.
It, titled on-screen as It: Chapter One, is a 2017 American coming-of-age supernatural horror film based on Stephen King's 1986 novel of the same name.
The film was produced by New Line Cinema, KatzSmith Productions, Lin Pictures, and Vertigo Entertainment.
It is the first film in the It film series as well as being the second adaptation following Tommy Lee Wallace's 1990 miniseries.
It tells the story of seven children in Derry, Maine who are terrorized by the eponymous being, only to face their own personal demons in the process.
The film is also known as It: Part 1 – The Losers' Club.
Directed by Andy Muschietti and written by Chase Palmer, Cary Fukunaga and Gary Dauberman, the film stars Jaeden Lieberher as Bill Denbrough, with Bill Skarsgård starring as Pennywise the Dancing Clown, respectively.
Jeremy Ray Taylor, Sophia Lillis, Finn Wolfhard, Wyatt Oleff, Chosen Jacobs, Jack Dylan Grazer, Nicholas Hamilton, and Jackson Robert Scott are all featured in supporting roles.
Principal photography began in Toronto on 27 June, 2016, and ended on 21 September, 2016.
The locations for It were in the Greater Toronto Area, including Port Hope, Oshawa, and Riverdale.
It premiered in Los Angeles on 5 September, 2017, and was released in the United States on 8 September, 2017, in 2D and IMAX.
The film set numerous box office records and grossed over $701 million worldwide, becoming the fifth-highest-grossing R-rated film of all time.
Unadjusted for inflation, it became the highest-grossing horror film of all time.
It received positive reviews, with critics praising the performances, direction, cinematography and musical score, and many calling it one of the best Stephen King adaptations.
It has received numerous awards and nominations, earning two Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association nominations, including Best Acting Ensemble.
It was nominated for the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie.
The film won three Bogey Awards, for pulling in more than two million German admissions in 11 days.
In addition, the motion picture has been named as one of the best films of 2017 by various critics, appearing on several critics' end-of-year lists.
The sequel, It Chapter Two, was released on 6 September, 2019.
Directed by: Andy Muschietti.
Screenplay by: Chase Palmer , Cary Fukunaga and Gary Dauberman.
Based on: It by Stephen King.
Produced by: Roy Lee, Dan Lin, Seth Grahame-Smith, David Katzenberg and Barbara Muschietti.
Starring: Jaeden Lieberher and Bill Skarsgård.
Cinematography: Chung-hoon Chung.
Edited by: Jason Ballantine.
Music by: Benjamin Wallfisch.
Production companies: New Line Cinema, Lin Pictures, Vertigo Entertainment and KatzSmith Productions.
Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures.
Release date: 5 September , 2017 ( TCL Chinese Theatre) and 8 September , 2017 (United States).
File Length: 135 minutes.
Country: United States.
Language: English.
Budget: $35 million.
Box office: $701.8 million.
Pet Sematary (sometimes referred to as Stephen King's Pet Sematary) is a 1989 American supernatural horror film
and the first adaptation of Stephen King's 1983 novel of the same name.
Directed by Mary Lambert and written by King, it stars Dale Midkiff, Denise Crosby, Blaze Berdahl, Fred Gwynne, and Miko Hughes as Gage Creed.
The title is a sensational spelling of " pet cemetery".
The film was released on 21 April, 1989, and grossed $57.5 million at the box office on a budget of $11.5 million.
A sequel, Pet Sematary Two, was released in 1992 and a second film adaptation was released in 2019.
Directed by: Mary Lambert.
Screenplay by: Stephen King.
Based on: Pet Sematary by Stephen King.
Produced by: Richard P. Rubinstein.
Starring: Dale Midkiff, Fred Gwynne, Denise Crosby, Brad Greenquist, Michael Lombard, Miko Hughes and Blaze Berdahl.
Cinematography: Peter Stein.
Edited by: Daniel P. Hanley and Mike Hill.
Music by: Elliot Goldenthal.
Production company: Paramount Pictures.
Distributed by: Paramount Pictures.
Release date: 21 April , 1989.
File Length: 103 minutes.
Country: United States.
Language: English.
Budget: $11.5 million.
Box office: $57.5 million.
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