Gary Dauberman is getting a lot of press this summer for his directorial debut Annabelle Comes Home, the latest film in the ultra-successful Conjuring franchise. But that’s not the only potential blockbuster he’s worked on this year. He’s also got sole screenwriting credit on the upcoming It: Chapter Two, which concludes the story begun in 2017’s adaptation of Stephen King’s It.

But does it have to conclude there? Gary Dauberman is best known for his work on spinoffs like the three Annabelle movies and The Nun, which expanded upon the Conjuring universe by revealing unseen chapters and expanding upon nightmares only hinted at in previous films.

Bloody-Disgusting asked Dauberman about the possibility of keeping the It franchise alive in a recent interview. Surely Warner Bros. would be interested in returning to this popular, acclaimed, financially successful world again… right?

Well, not so much.

“I’m sure there’s interest but I gotta say,” Gary Dauberman said. “We want to be respectful to the material of the book. I don’t think anybody’s over there, in fact I know there’s no one over there going ‘Hey, let’s definitely do this and we could tell this story of what happened at the beaver trapping camp,’ or whatever.”

Dauberman is referring to the extensive history of Pennywise the Clown, which goes back at least as far as colonial America, where the town of Derry, Maine started out as a camp for trappers.

“While you could [tell that story], and I think it would be cool, I don’t think that’s what people are doing currently if that makes sense,” Dauberman continued. “You know what I mean?”

“So yes, to answer your question I think there is room to build on the mythology of It because It has been around from the beginning of time, but I don’t know if there are any plans for it,” Dauberman added. “I was just very happy to tackle the book.”

Stephen King himself has expanded upon his creations before in stories like The Dark Tower, but it seems that there are no plans to go beyond the original story from It. So get ready, because the upcoming It: Chapter Two – in theaters September 6, 2019 – will be the end.

(For now.)