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- Referencenod to comics or other movies
- Cameoa familiar face shows up
- Setupplanted now, pays off later
- Behind the scenesproduction trivia
- Behind the scenesIt was born on the Chapter Two set
The idea of telling the origin of Bob Gray, the first Pennywise, came up while the Muschiettis were shooting It Chapter Two. They call it one of the novel's big enigmas. The series was announced in March 2022.
source ↗ - CameoSkarsgård twice over
Bill Skarsgård returns as Pennywise and also plays Bob Gray, the human clown of 1908. Joan Gregson reappears as elderly Ingrid Kersh; it was her final role, as she died in June 2025.
source ↗ - ReferenceHallorann before The Shining
Chris Chalk plays Dick Hallorann, the gifted cook Scatman Crothers played in The Shining (1980) and Carl Lumbly in Doctor Sleep. The series shows him young, in the military.
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- Behind the scenesEight years behind the scenes
The adaptation was in development from 2009. Cary Joji Fukunaga was the first director and co-wrote the script, but Andy Muschietti ended up directing, and the story was split into two films.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesA horror record
The film grossed over $704 million worldwide, the third-highest of any R-rated film at the time. Unadjusted for inflation, it was the highest-grossing horror film ever.
source ↗ - SetupThe 27-year cycle
The Losers work out that the creature wakes every 27 years to feed on Derry's children. The math explains why the sequel jumps so far ahead.
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- CameoStephen King at the pawn shop
Stephen King cameos as the pawn shop owner. Director Andy Muschietti shows up as a pharmacy customer, and Peter Bogdanovich plays the director of the film based on Bill's novel.
source ↗ - CameoOne of the 1990 Losers
Brandon Crane, who played young Ben in the 1990 miniseries, appears as a board member of Ben's firm.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesThe kid actors dreamed the cast
In 2017 the young actors were asked whom they would want as their adult Losers. Sophia Lillis picked Jessica Chastain and Finn Wolfhard picked Bill Hader. Both ended up cast.
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- Behind the scenesShot in Vancouver on a doubled budget
The miniseries was shot over three summer months in Vancouver. The budget was $12 million, double a typical TV movie, to give it a feature-film feel. A hydro plant at Buntzen Lake stood in for the sewers.
source ↗ - CameoTim Curry, John Ritter and Harry Anderson
Tim Curry plays Pennywise, John Ritter is adult Ben and Harry Anderson is adult Richie. During a theater scene, Curry went on stage and sang with the child extras, who had no idea he was playing the monster.
source ↗ - ReferenceCarpenter's style
Director Tommy Lee Wallace worked with John Carpenter on Halloween (1978) and The Fog, and much of his direction on It was inspired by those films.
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