Speaking with Variety last year, the Muschiettis name-dropped Chastain as their first choice to play the adult Beverly Marsh, who reluctantly returns to her hometown with her childhood friends when Pennywise resurfaces.
Per Variety, Chastain is officially in talks to join the sequel to last year’s smash hit adaptation of the Stephen King horror classic.
She would play the adult counterpart to Beverly Marsh, the sole female member of the Losers Club, played in the first film by breakout star Sophia Lillis.
Production on the sequel will begin this summer, with WB planning to release IT: Chapter Two on September 6, 2019.