Stephen King's IT: Chapter 2 will be released in theaters on September 6, 2019, New Line and Warner Bros. have announced.

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IGN can confirm the sequel to director Andres Muschietti's record-breaking horror film will debut on that date in regular and reportedly IMAX theaters.Gary Dauberman, who was one of the writers on the first film, is already on board to pen the sequel , and Muschietti is expected to return to direct. In adhering to the structure of King's original novel, the sequel will pick up 27 years after the first film and center around the same group of characters. Check out our picks to play the adult versions of the Losers' Club From early on, IT was envisioned as a two-film story , and Pennywise actor Bill Skarsgard said he hopes to explore the more "abstract and metaphysical" aspects of Stephen King's book in the sequel.For more on the sequel to what is now the all-time highest-grossing R-rated horror movie (not accounting for inflation), check out our comprehensive overview of everything we know about IT: Chapter 2 thus far , as well as an explanation of how the ending of the first film sets up the sequel

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