New Line Cinema has set a September 6, 2019 release date for the highly-anticipated IT 2, which falls in line with a report from earlier this month that the studio was seeking an early fall 2019 release date for this horror sequel.
As for the IT sequel, director Andy Muschietti revealed in a July interview that he hopes to start shooting the IT sequel sometime in 2018, although no specific production schedule has been given yet.
IT opened with a record-breaking $123.4 million, more than doubling the previous record for a September debut ($48.5 million, Hotel Transylvania 2).
The sequel has always been in the works, with each movie following the two different halves of the massive Stephen King novel.