It should come as no surprise whatsoever that Andy Muschietti’s IT: Chapter Two, a sequel to the rated “R” film from 2017, has also received an “R” rating, but indeed it has this week.
While the MPAA handed IT an “R” rating for “violence/horror, bloody images, and for language,” the reasons for IT: Chapter Two‘s rating suggest a darker end to the saga…
Chapter Two has been rated R for “disturbing violent content and bloody images throughout, pervasive language, and some crude sexual material.”
Sounds like Muschietti pushed the horror even further for this one, which makes sense given he’s now working with adult actors. Expect a scarier, bloodier film in September!
Because every 27 years evil revisits the town of Derry, Maine, IT: Chapter Two brings the characters—who’ve long since gone their separate ways—back together as adults, nearly three decades after the events of the first film.
Oscar nominee Jessica Chastain (Mama) stars as Beverly Marsh, James McAvoy (Glass) as Bill Denbrough, Bill Hader (HBO’s “Barry,”) as Richie Tozier, Isaiah Mustafa (“Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments”) as Mike Hanlon, Jay Ryan (“Mary Kills People”) as Ben Hanscom, James Ransone (“The Wire”) as Eddie Kaspbrak, and Andy Bean (“Swamp Thing”) as Stanley Uris.
Reprising their roles as the original members of the Losers Club are Jaeden Martell as Bill, Wyatt Oleff as Stanley, Jack Dylan Grazer as Eddie, Finn Wolfhard as Richie, Sophia Lillis as Beverly, Chosen Jacobs as Mike, and Jeremy Ray Taylor as Ben.
Pennywise will return in theaters and IMAX worldwide on September 6, 2019.
