

Principal photography began on June 19, 2018, at Pinewood Toronto Studios and on locations in and around Port Hope, Oshawa, and Toronto and wrapped on October 31, 2018. By September 2017, New Line Cinema announced that the film would be released in September 2019, with Dauberman writing the script and Muschietti to direct. Talks for an It sequel began in February 2016. Set in 2016, 27 years after the events of the first film, the second film centers on the Losers Club and their relationships as they reunite to destroy It once and for all. It stars Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy, Bill Hader, Isaiah Mustafa, Jay Ryan, James Ransone, Andy Bean, and Bill Skarsgård as Pennywise. The second and final installment of the It film series, it is the second of a two-part adaptation of the 1986 novel of the same name by Stephen King, primarily covering the second half of the book. If The Long Call is renewed for a second season, we're almost certainly going to see Ben Aldridge return as detective Matthew Venn, as well as Pearl Mackie as DS Jen Rafferty and Dylan Edwards as DC Rosa Pritchard.Īs it's likely that season two will focus on a new case with a new line-up of suspects, we won't know until closer to the time which stars will be joining the cast – however, it's possible that Juliet Stevenson could return to play Matthew's mother Dorothy, who'd become the leader of the Barum Brethren following Dennis and Grace's arrests.It Chapter Two is a 2019 American supernatural horror film directed by Andy Muschietti, returning from the first film, with a screenplay by Gary Dauberman.

If the same time scale is followed for season two, then the earliest we can expect The Long Call's return to be is October 2022. The first season was commissioned back in November 2020 and began filming on location in North Devon in April 2021, which means the whole process from script to screen took just under a year.

With more source material to work with, there's no reason why The Long Call couldn't be renewed for a season two – finger's crossed ITV recommissions to detective drama!Īs ITV has not officially renewed The Long Call for a second season, we don't have a release date yet – but that doesn't stop us from taking an educated guess at when we might expect the drama's return. ITV has not officially announced whether detective Matthew Venn will be returning to our screens in a second season of The Long Call – however, considering how popular the drama has been, we'd surprised if he didn't come back.Īs for what would happen in a second season, while The Long Call is based off of an Ann Cleeves book of the same name, there is another book in the Matthew Venn franchise that could be adapted for season two.Īnn Cleeves novel The Heron's Cry, which was published this year, follows Venn once again as he's called out to investigate another murder in a rural part of North Devon.

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