IT Will Be Rated R And Definitely Doesn’t Contain Any Group Sex

Fear not, horror fans with a totally understandable disdain for the PG-13 rating: according to the folks at Dread Central, Andy Muschietti's forthcoming adaptation of Stephen King's IT has officially been rated R by the MPAA. It earned the classification via "violence/horror, bloody images, and for language.” 

There was some worry early on that Warner Bros. might attempt to tiptoe around some of the book's darker elements (read: concern that we might be getting a more audience-friendly version of IT), but this rating should put that worry to bed once and for all.

Another thing everyone can stop worrying about: graphic sexual content involving minors. Every once in a while you might see a story pop up about the problematic content contained in Cary Fukunaga's original draft of the IT screenplay, but - speaking as someone who has read both the Fukunaga draft and Muschietti's shooting draft - the scene you're all wondering about did not factor into either draft. You will also note that the MPAA's description of IT's R-rated content does not contain references to any sexual material, or trains.

Anyhoo, Andy Muschietti's IT (which, by the way, I've heard nothing but good things about as of late) will be here on September 8th. It is my sincerest wish to host an all-clown screening of it at the Drafthouse.