The King Cut: Stephen King Gets His Sewer Scene

LOS ANGELES — A new theatrical release of It: The King Cut is coming September 2026, combining 2017’s It and 2019’s It Chapter Two into one gargantuan adaptation—and, for the first time ever, it will include that part of the book.

Yes. That part.

“I was pushing for that part of the book to be in the miniseries released in the ’90s,” said horror author and human bag of Maine gravel Stephen King in a taped message projected over a Pennywise balloon drone fleet during the film’s announcement event. “But studio executives all said you weak-minded dildos weren’t ready for that.”

The author, now 78 and reportedly aging in reverse since regaining control of his darkest instincts, says the decades-long omission of the infamous “sewer scene” has haunted him more than any killer clown.

“When my masterwork was put out again in the late 2010s, I was fucking stoked,” King continued. “If we couldn’t get … that part of the book in these movies, I knew I’d never live to see … that chapter … on the silver screen.”

Director Andy Muschietti, who helmed the original duology, said he initially resisted. “King really made me uncomfortable,” he said, visibly sweating and blinking in Morse code. “He just sort of left notes under my door. One time he stapled a stuffed crow to my director’s chair with a note that said, ‘DO it.’”

Production sources confirm that that part—which we will continue referring to only as that part—was filmed under a complex veil of legal, ethical, and psychological firewalls. According to New Line Cinema, no child actors were present on set, no children were told about the scene, and a special viewing copy of the film will replace the scene with an extended, 14-minute shot of a sewer grate accompanied by distant bagpipe music and the faint sound of weeping.

“I knew about that part from the book,” said Jack Dylan Grazer, who portrayed Eddie Kaspbrak. “Before I auditioned, I read it to understand the character … yeah … I got to that part … fuck.”

Upon learning that 2026’s IT: The King Cut would include that part, Grazer quickly called his lawyer, then his mom.

King fans are already divided. Tad Crater, a long-time reader and co-founder of the M-O-O-N Means We Forgive King book club, says this might be one sewer too far.

“Listen, I kind of brush past the overt racism, patriarchy, and copaganda long-time readers come to expect,” said Crater. “But I rush past that part. Every time. Just getting a glimpse makes me feel like I trudged through a psychic sewage pipe and need a spiritual shower.”

King, for his part, remains undeterred. “It’s happening. So, buckle up, bitches,” he said. “We’re doing this the King way.”

The King Cut will be 5 hours and 47 minutes long, include over 40 minutes of new footage, and a warning from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Select theaters will offer support animals and temporary amnesia injections upon exit.