'IT' sets its release date

Entertainment
Sep 27 2017 11:37 AM
Payal Dwivedi

'IT' sets its release date

‘IT’ has set its sequel date that is hit the theatres on September 6, 2019, as the reports come from The Hollywood Reporter. The sequel of IT has been announced by New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. Gary Dauberman, who co-wrote the first film, is close to closing a deal to pen the sequel, and director Andy Muschietti is also expected to return.

Producers Barbara Muschietti, Roy Lee, Dan Lin, Seth Grahame-Smith, and David Katzenberg are believed to be back as well.The Sequel of IT is currently slated to open against an untitled Blumhouse Productions project. The movie IT has become the highest-grossing horror film of the time and also has grossed over $478 million worldwide.

The blockbuster adaptation of Stephen King's 1986 novel of the same name as pushed past The Exorcist to become the highest-grossing horror film on a domestic basis, reports Entertainment Weekly

The movie $123.4 million opening weekend registered the biggest September debut (a bar previously set by Hotel Transylvania 2's $48.5 million debuts back in 2015), the largest opening for a horror release, and the second-best three-day frame for an R-rated movie.The film is also the ninth highest-grossing R-rated release in history and the highest-grossing September release.