HBO Max’s IT: Welcome to Derry will share hyperlinks to different Stephen King classics, together with The Shining and The Shawshank Redemption. Throughout a panel at New York Comedian-Con, creator Andy Muschietti confirmed the connection to King’s iconic tales.
Andy Muschietti confirms IT: Welcome to Derry’s connections to 2 Stephen King diversifications
At New York Comedian-Con on October 9, IT: Welcome to Derry creators Andy and Barbara Muschietti revealed that the sequence will share surprising ties with Stephen King’s classics The Shining and The Shawshank Redemption. In dialog with CBR, the Muschiettis opened up concerning the inventive inspirations behind the prequel and the way it expands the bigger Stephen King universe.
Andy Muschietti confirmed that the sequence consists of direct hyperlinks to The Shining, noting that Dick Halloran performs a key function. He stated, “We are able to say, like Dick Halloran is you already know, everyone knows from the guide, or those who learn the guide, that Dick Halloran was within the Black Spot.”
Andy additionally expressed admiration for the actor who takes on the function of Dick Halloran. Muschietti stated, “Chris Chalk, who performs Dick Halloran, did an unimaginable job.” He added that “the Dick Halloran character is a crucial character in our sequence.”
He additionally teased a hyperlink to The Shawshank Redemption, referencing a storyline involving a wrongly accused man despatched to Shawshank Jail. Andy stated, “Shawshank is like, there’s a personality who is distributed to jail, wrongfully accused, after all, on this world, and he’s despatched to Shawshank. Does he arrive to Shawshank?”
He famous that if the character had arrived there, he might need crossed paths with Andy Dufresne and Pink. Nevertheless, the filmmaker teased, “However the query is does he arrive to Shawshank?”
Premiering on October 26, IT: Welcome to Derry takes place in 1962. It explores the origins of Pennywise’s terror and the chilling occasions earlier than the occasions of the primary IT movie.
Initially reported by Disheeta Maheshwari on SuperHeroHype.