Olde Town Grove City’s movie-themed art mural is getting a sequel this summer.

The mural, located on the side wall of the Guthrie Theater at 232 S. Broad St., features people standing in line at the side of the building, waiting to get into the theater in a style that exemplifies the 1920s through the 1940s.

Movie posters featuring various aspects of Grove City’s history are on display behind the people, as a dog and cat scurry across the painting.

The mural was completed last year by three college interns, one of whom is back to implement an additional piece to the original art work.

Ben Pannell, who came up with the idea of the movie-themed mural last year, is back this summer with two new interns, Allen Chhav and Michael Niznik, to paint a 40-foot addition to the existing 26-foot by 43-foot painting.

Pannell, 25, of Tallahassee, Fla., recently graduated with a master’s degree in painting at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art in Philadelphia and said he was excited to begin the second mural piece this summer.

“It’s nice to be back in town,” said Pannell, who arrived in Grove City on June 3. “We hope to get input and ideas for the addition from the community.”

According to Pannell, one major goal for this year’s mural is to get as much community participation as possible.

“We want to have a larger focus on the community and get more input on the design of the painting,” he explained.

The interns finalized a design and drew the sketch to actual size on a large canvas. The canvas will then be split into smaller grid squares, which will be painted by community members in a “paint-by-number” method, guided by the college interns.

When painting is complete, the students will adhere the squares to the mural wall.

Pannell said one idea for the new mural is to extend the timeline of the original piece to include the 1950s to the present.

Pannell also said he wanted to include a little girl in the new art mural who would be chasing the dog in the original art work, which he said would “mesh both pieces together.”

Last year, about 50 community members assisted with the movie mural, not counting students from George Junior Republic and Grove City Christian Academy. Pannell said he hoped to attract more people this year through events such as painting in Memorial Park and in the new youth festival park on South Broad Street.

Both of the new interns said they were excited to begin the project this summer.