50 Fun Facts About It Movie

Who directed the 2017 film It?

Fukunaga developed it for years and shares a writing credit, but left in May 2015; Muschietti had made Mama.

In which fictional Maine town is It set?

Stephen King based its sewer lore partly on the real system in Bangor, Maine.

How many children make up the Losers Club?

Bill, Richie, Eddie, Stan, Ben, Beverly and Mike.

Who plays Pennywise the Dancing Clown in the 2017 film and its sequel?

The Swede was born in 1990, the year the miniseries aired; his brothers Alexander, Gustaf and Valter are also actors.

Which actor was originally cast as Pennywise under Fukunaga but dropped out?

Rylance, Weaving, Swinton, Jenny Slate and Ben Mendelsohn were all considered; Mendelsohn balked at a pay cut.

In the opening scene, what does Georgie chase down the rainy street into a storm drain?

Bill made it for him; Pennywise bites off Georgie's arm and drags him into the sewer.

In what year is the 2017 film's main story set?

Georgie vanishes in October 1988 and the Losers' summer follows; the novel's childhood timeline was the late 1950s.

How often does It wake from hibernation to feed on Derry's children?

The sequel is set 27 years after the first film, and It Chapter Two arrived 27 years after the 1990 miniseries' events on screen too.

Where in Derry does It's lair lie, reached through the sewers?

The abandoned house on Neibolt Street is where the Losers first confront Pennywise together.

Which Loser is chased by a rotting leper?

Ben sees a headless boy, Stan a painting come alive, Mike his parents burning, and Beverly a sink spewing blood.

Who is the leader of the bullies who torment the Losers?

Driven mad by Pennywise, he murders his father; Mike pushes him down the well.

How is Beverly revived after being left catatonic by looking into It's mouth?

Ben, the shy newcomer, has been in love with her all summer.

How does the Losers Club end the 2017 film?

Beverly has had a vision of them fighting It again as adults; Bill and Beverly then kiss.

Who plays Bill Denbrough, the stuttering leader of the Losers, in the 2017 film?

He studied Colin Firth in The King's Speech to develop the stutter; he is credited as Jaeden Martell in the sequel.

Which Stranger Things actor plays the foul-mouthed Richie Tozier?

He was the only actor cast in both Fukunaga's and Muschietti's versions.

Who plays Beverly Marsh as a child?

The young cast were kept away from Skarsgård until their scenes so the fear would be real.

Where was the 2017 film shot?

Locations included Port Hope, Oshawa and Riverdale, between June and September 2016.

Who composed the score for It (2017)?

He was hired in March 2017 and later scored the sequel too.

Roughly how much did It (2017) gross worldwide in its original run?

That made it the highest-grossing horror film ever, unadjusted for inflation, and the third-biggest R-rated film at the time.

It's $13.5m Thursday previews took the R-rated record from which film?

Its $51 million first day also beat Deadpool's single-day record for an R-rated film.

It's opening weekend set the record for the biggest opening in which month?

The roughly $124 million opening also topped every previous fall release, beating Gravity's $55 million.

Muschietti cited which 1980s films as inspiration for the movie's tone?

He also named The Howling, The Thing and Near Dark, and the influence of Steven Spielberg.

Which studio division ended up producing It after the project moved in 2014?

New Line greenlit the film at $30 million; Fukunaga reportedly quit over budget cuts and creative differences.

It Chapter Two was released in which year?

It grossed $473 million on a $79 million budget, to more mixed reviews.

Who plays the adult Beverly Marsh in It Chapter Two?

James McAvoy is the adult Bill and Bill Hader the adult Richie.

Which comedian plays the adult Richie Tozier?

James Ransone is the adult Eddie and Isaiah Mustafa the adult Mike.

It Chapter Two opens in 2016 with Pennywise's return signalled by the killing of which character?

Adrian and his boyfriend Don are attacked by a gang at a carnival; Xavier Dolan plays Adrian.

What is the name of the ceremony Mike believes can destroy It?

It fails at first, and It emerges as a giant Pennywise-spider hybrid.

Stephen King cameos in It Chapter Two as what?

Director Andy Muschietti appears as a pharmacy customer and Peter Bogdanovich plays the director adapting Bill's novel.

According to Chapter Two, how did It arrive on Earth?

In the novel it hails from the Macroverse; the Turtle Maturin is its benevolent opposite.

In what year was Stephen King's novel It published?

It was the best-selling hardcover novel in America that year and won the British Fantasy Award in 1987.

In the novel, in which decade do the Losers first face It as children?

The films moved the timeline to 1988-89 so the adults could return in 2016.

In the novel, It's benevolent counterpart is an ancient creature of what kind?

Maturin the turtle is said to have created the universe; Bill meets him during the Ritual of Chüd.

In the novel, what human name does It give itself?

Though usually 'he', its final physical form is a giant, pregnant female spider.

Stephen King has said the shapeshifting sewer-dweller was inspired by what?

Costume designer Janie Bryant later mixed Medieval, Renaissance, Elizabethan and Victorian styles into the 2017 suit.

Who played Pennywise in the 1990 television miniseries?

Skarsgård said he could never make 'a Tim Curry performance as good as Tim Curry', so he went a different way.

On which US network did the 1990 miniseries air?

Its two parts drew 30 million viewers, the network's biggest success of the year, and it won an Emmy for Richard Bellis's score.

Where was the 1990 miniseries filmed?

It was shot in three months on a $12 million budget, double the usual for television.

What true form does It take at the climax of the miniseries?

The rubbery spider was widely mocked; the 2019 film's version is a Pennywise-spider hybrid.

The prequel series It: Welcome to Derry premiered in 2025 on which network?

Skarsgård returned as Pennywise.

The actor behind the 2017 Pennywise went on to play which classic vampire in a 2024 film?

He is one of eight siblings, including actors Alexander, Gustaf and Valter, and made his first American film in Allegiant.

In the novel and films, the closest a human mind can come to perceiving It's true nature is what?

Staring into them can hypnotise or kill; Beverly floats and loses consciousness after seeing them.

What subtitle appears on screen in the 2017 film's title card?

The film was always planned as the first half of a two-part adaptation of King's 1986 novel.

At which Hollywood venue did It (2017) hold its premiere on September 5, 2017?

A day earlier it had screened as a preview at BFI Southbank in London, and it opened the Fantasy Filmfest in Munich.

Which Ontario town's municipal hall was dressed up as the Derry Public Library for the shoot?

Local storefronts became Tony's Barber Shop, Reliance Cleaners and an ice cream parlour called Derry Scoop.

Which costume designer created Pennywise's form-fitting suit for the 2017 film?

She drew on Medieval, Renaissance, Elizabethan and Victorian dress to make Pennywise look like a clown from another time.

Who was the cinematographer on It (2017), shooting on Arri Alexa cameras?

He and Muschietti wanted the look of a hot summer with everyone sweating, rather than a self-conscious 1980s style.

Which old children's song did composer Benjamin Wallfisch weave into Pennywise's second theme?

Wallfisch said the tune had disturbed him as a child, and he hid fragments of it in the piano music that opens and closes the film.

The exterior of the haunted house at 29 Neibolt Street was built in which Ontario city?

Production designer Claude Paré wanted it to rank with the Bates house and the Overlook Hotel; interiors were shot in a former hospice.

Which screenwriter was first hired by Warner Bros. in 2009 to adapt It as a single film?

The studio wanted the whole novel in roughly 120 pages; he was replaced by Cary Fukunaga in 2012.