12 Upcoming Stephen King Adaptions His Readers Can Look Forward To

12. It: Chapter 2

The status of the sequel to Stephen King's It was never in question after the success of the first film last year. It became a behemoth at the box office, and a reminder that good horror always sits well with audiences. It was also helped by the nostalgia trend kicked off by Stranger Things (and an appearance by the Netflix show's Finn Wolfhard), which owes a great deal to King.

Unlike the made-for-TV production starring Tim Curry, Andy Muschietti's 2017 adaptation of It split the source material down the middle. The original novel followed the Losers' Club, the gang of kids who first banded together to defeat the shape-shifting Pennywise the Clown (of course, he wasn't really a clown), as well as their grown up counterparts. Muschietti, realizing full well that just a few hours wasn't enough to flesh out the story of both the kids and their grown-up selves, opted to focus on the children in It.

The film, however, was always meant to have a second chapter, picking up the rest of the story: the return of Pennywise, and the club reuniting as adults. Jessica Chastain will play the grown up Bev Marsh, while James McAvoy and Bill Hader are in talks to join the production.

6 September 2019 is the tentative release date for It: Chapter 2, which will include flashbacks of the character's younger selves.