The R-Rating of Stephen King's IT Explained and New Photos of The Losers Club
The big screen adaptation of Stephen King's It has been confirmed to be rated R. For any of you who have read the book, this rating shouldn't come as a surprise. The book is insanely jacked-up, and we've heard time and time again that this new movie would be a more proper adaptation than the TV movie made back in the '90s. That was a very watered down version of the story, but it was still great! The one thing that TV version had that this one doesn't is Tim Curry as Pennywise the Clown.
During an interview with Collider, producer Dan Lin talked about the rating of the film and also says that it has a Stand By Me vibe:
"It is a rated-R movie. If you’re going to make a 'Rated-R movie', you have to fully embrace what it is, and you have to embrace the source material. It is a scary clown that’s trying to kill kids. So of course that’s going to be a rated-R movie. The kids are amazing. You very much get a Stand by Me vibe as far as their camaraderie and the way they joke with each other and that they really care for each other. They do have a scary crown that’s taken over the town of Derry, so it’s going to be rated R."
There are a few things that happen in the book that are pretty hardcore and would be considered controversial to see in a film. I'd be shocked if they put some of the things in there. At one point in the book, all of the boys in The Losers Club take turns having sex with Beverly. It's explained:
When the Losers' travel into the sewer with the intent of destroying It, they momentarily find themselves hopelessly trapped. As the boys start to panic, Beverly comes up with the idea of having sex with the others in order to calm them down, as a result the other Losers take turns having sex with her. Because King didn't wish this to be viewed as a lewd scene, the narrative explicitly states that the act of intimacy with each of the boys' helps to further strengthen their friendship; and Beverly only experiences orgasm while having intercourse with Bill Denbrough and Ben Hanscom.
That's one of the scenes that I would be shocked to see in the movie. When it comes to the R-rating, I'm sure it's all going to be for the horror, blood, violence, and language aspect of the story. I also included new behind-the-scenes photos of The Losers Club.
The film is based on the novel by Stephen King, whose story recalls a promise made 28 years ago that forces seven adults to reunite in Derry, Maine, where as teenagers they battled an evil creature that preyed on the city’s children. Unsure that their Losers Club had vanquished the creature all those years ago, the seven had vowed to return to Derry if IT should ever reappear. Now, children are being murdered again and their repressed memories of that summer return as they prepare to do battle with the monster lurking in Derry’s sewers once more.
The film is being released in two parts. The first one is set in the 1980s and will focus on the "Losers Club" as they come together to battle It. The second film is set 30 years later in modern times when the monster returns and the group of friends are forced to come back together to destroy It once and for all.
The movie stars Jaeden Lieberher (Midnight Special) as Bill Denbrough, Finn Wolfhard (Stranger Things) as Richie Tozier, newcomer Sophia Lillis as Beverly Marsh, Jack Dylan Grazer (Tales of Halloween) as Stan Uris, Wyatt Oleff (Guardians of the Galaxy) as Eddie Kaspbrak, Chosen Jacobs (Hawaii Five-0) as Mike Hanlon, and Jeremy Ray Taylor (42) as Ben Hanscom.
The first film is set to be released on September 8th, 2017.
