▁draft s ▁of ▁his ▁original ▁screen play ▁would ▁be ▁used ▁by ▁Da ub erman ▁and ▁Mus chi etti , ▁with ▁the ▁writer ▁stating , ▁" We ▁know ▁there ' s ▁a ▁new ▁director , ▁I ▁don ' t ▁know ▁myself ▁whether ▁he ' s ▁going ▁back ▁to ▁any ▁of ▁the ▁previous ▁draft s ▁or ▁writing ▁from ▁scratch . ▁I ▁may ▁not ▁know ▁until ▁the ▁film ▁comes ▁out . ▁I ▁don ' t ▁know ▁how ▁it ▁works ! ▁If ▁you ▁find ▁out ▁let ▁me ▁know ." ▁ ▁On ▁June ▁ 2 , ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁Ja eden ▁Lie ber her ▁was ▁confirmed ▁to ▁be ▁port ray ing ▁lead ▁protagon ist , ▁Bill ▁Den br ough . ▁On ▁June ▁ 2 , ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁The ▁Hollywood ▁Re porter ▁reported ▁that ▁Bill ▁Sk ars g år d ▁was ▁in ▁final ▁negoti ations ▁to ▁star ▁as ▁Pen ny wise , ▁whose ▁cast ▁will ▁also ▁include ▁Finn ▁Wolf hard , ▁Jack ▁D yl an ▁Gra zer , ▁Wy att ▁Ole ff , ▁Ch osen ▁Jacob s ▁and ▁Jer emy ▁Ray ▁Taylor . ▁On ▁June ▁ 2 , ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁there ▁was ▁a ▁call ▁for ▁ 1 0 0 ▁background ▁perform ers , ▁with ▁the ▁background ▁actor ▁call ▁going ▁from ▁ 3 ▁p . m . ▁to ▁ 7 ▁p . m . ▁and ▁by ▁ 4 ▁p . m . ▁more ▁than ▁ 3 0 0 ▁people ▁had ▁gone ▁through ; ▁the ▁casting ▁call ▁also ▁asked ▁for