Trivia: Movie - It - 2017

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The movie appears exactly 27 years after the release of the original movie. It is mentioned in the novel that ”It” returns to the village after 27 years.

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Cary Joji Fukanga was supposed to direct the movie, but he didn’t take the job because he thought the movie should be rated NC-17, and the studio insisted on it being R-rated. The Duffer Brothers were also reported to direct the movie.

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Coincidentally, Bill Skarsgard, who plays Pennywise, is born in 1990, which is the same year in which the original movie appeared.

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Hugo Weaving and Bill Skarsgard were both reported to play Pennywise. Eventually Skarsgard took the role.

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In the original book the story is in 1958. However in the movie it is 1989.