History Trivia / It2017

** ''Chapter One'' was re-realeased into theaters for two dates on August 3rd and 6th of 2019. This was exactly one month before ''Chapter Two'' was to open in theaters, and almost exactly two years since it's original release.

** For the young actors who played the Losers, particularly Creator/SophiaLillis (Beverly) and Creator/JackDylanGrazer (Eddie). Averted with Finn Wolfhard (Richie) who was already known for ''Series/StrangerThings''.

*** Creator/JimCarrey, Creator/KirkAcevedo, Creator/RichardArmitage, Creator/TomHiddleston, Creator/JackieEarleHaley, Creator/JohnnyDepp, Creator/WillemDafoe, Creator/PaulGiamatti, Creator/DougJones, Creator/ChanningTatum, and Creator/TildaSwinton were considered for the part of Pennywise as well before the casting of Skarsgård.

** [[Series/StrangerThings Noah Schnapp]] was approached for Richie Tozier before the casting of Creator/FinnWolfhard, but turned it down due to scheduling commitments. Schnapp and Wolfhard would later co-star together on ''Series/StrangerThings'' as [[Main/TheAllAmericanBoy Will Byers]] and [[Main/TheLeader Mike Wheeler]] respectively.

* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: It's been in production since 2009, ultimately passing rather messily from Cary Fukunaga to Andrés Muschietti.

* SparedByTheCut: Vic and Belch were supposed to be killed by Henry, as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHUt7a7CXTU&ab_channel=YDKMarshall a deleted scene]] shows Henry arriving at the Well House in Belch's car with Vic and Belch's bodies in the passenger seats. However, this was cut for unspecified reasons and the only implication of their deaths is the amount of blood on Henry's face and the fact that he's driving Belch's car. Their deaths aren't mentioned in the sequel either and IT-Patrick is the one who gets Henry out of the psychiatric hospital, meaning there's a possibility that one or both of them were able to escape from Henry.

** [[http://variety.com/2017/film/columns/it-is-the-worlds-most-deluxe-freddy-krueger-movie-1202566379/#respond This article]] mentions that at one point the filmmakers thought to add a scene where It takes the appearance of [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]], since this iteration of the story is set in the '80s. However, the director decided against it, saying that it felt almost like an in-joke (both this film and the ANOES franchise are owned by New Line Cinema), and that he wanted to feature fears more in line with childhood traumas and the like. The article's author argues that perhaps he was afraid that an iconic character like Freddy could have overshadowed Pennywise. Ironically, ''It'' ended up as something of a spiritual successor to ''A Nightmare On Elm Street'' with that franchise's future uncertain at the time.

** An episode of the podcast Throwing Shade had host Bryan Safi and guest [[Series/{{Veep}} Timothy Simons]] -- who had both auditioned for the role -- reading their sides for the scene, where It - who is described as a writhing white worm-like devil lurking by a well -- demands that a young settler woman hand over her baby, or he will systematically destroy her life before allowing her to die. Even when it's being read with humor, it sounds like it would have been ''terrifying''.

** Creator/ChloeGraceMoretz was considered for the part of Beverly Marsh before the casting of [[VideoGame/GretelAndHansel Sophia Lillis]]. However, the film spent so long in Main/DevelopmentHell that Moretz had aged out of the role.

** For the young actors who played the Losers, particularly Creator/FinnWolfhard (Richie), Creator/SophiaLillis (Beverly) and Creator/JackDylanGrazer (Eddie).

** ''Chapter One'' was re-realeased into theaters for two dates on August 3rd and 6th of 2019. This was exactly one month before ''Chapter Two'' was to open in theaters, and almost two years since it's original release.

** ''Chapter One'' was re-realeased into theaters for two dates for August 3rd and 6th of 2019. This was exactly one month before ''Chapter Two'' was to open in theaters, and almost two years since it's original release.

* DawsonCasting: Mostly averted. The oldest of the Losers were Creator/ChosenJacobs and Sophia Lillis who were 15 and 14 respectively, during filming. The rest of the Losers were between 12 and 13.

* DeletedScene: There was originally a [[http://ca.ign.com/articles/2017/09/17/stephen-kings-it-the-disturbing-pennywise-flashback-scene-that-was-cut "really disturbing" scene]] that took place in 17th-century Old Derry -- presumably the massacre of the fur traders or the early European settlers -- before It took the form of Pennywise, with Skarsgård saying he looked "more" like himself in the scene. The scene was fully shot but didn't make it into the final cut. It's possible the scene will be RefittedForSequel along with the Black Spot scene.

* StarMakingRole: Pennywise, for Creator/BillSkarsgard. This was the first time he got major attention for his performance itself rather than just being part of the Skarsgard acting family.

* ScullyBox: Sophia Lillis admitted she had to stand on an apple box in some scenes, because she was too short.

** [[Film/IronMan3 Ty]] [[Film/JurassicWorld Simpkins]] was considered for the role of Bill Denbrough before [[Film/TheBookOfHenry Jaeden Lieberher]] was cast.
*** The "Summers of It" documentaries from the [[Film/ItChapterTwo Chapter Two]] special features mentioned that a few of the child actors auditioned for different roles. [[Creator/JaedenMartell Jaeden Lieberher]] mentioned that he auditioned for the role of Eddie before getting cast as Bill.

** The "Summers of It" documentaries from the [[Film/ItChapterTwo Chapter Two]] special features mentioned that a few of the child actors auditioned for different roles. [[Creator/JaedenMartell Jaeden Lieberher]] mentioned that he auditioned for the role of Eddie before getting cast as Bill.

** [[http://variety.com/2017/film/columns/it-is-the-worlds-most-deluxe-freddy-krueger-movie-1202566379/#respond This article]] mentions that at one point the filmmakers thought to add a scene where It takes the appearance of [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]], since this iteration of the story is set in the '80s. However, the director decided against it, saying that it felt almost like an in-joke (both this film and the ANOES franchise are owned by New Line Cinema), and that he wanted to feature fears more in line with childhood traumas and the like. The article's author argues that perhaps he was afraid that an iconic character like Freddy could have overshadowed Pennywise. Ironically, IT ended up as something of a spiritual successor to ''A Nightmare On Elm Street'' with that franchise's future uncertain at the time.

** Chapter Two is going to be released almost exactly two years after Chapter One.

** [[Series/StrangerThings Noah Schnapp]] was approached for Richie Tozier before the casting of Creator/FinnWolfhard, but turned it down due to scheduling commitments to ''WesternAnimation/SausageParty.'' Schnapp and Wolfhard would later co-star together on ''Series/StrangerThings'' as [[Main/TheAllAmericanBoy Will Byers]] and [[Main/TheLeader Mike Wheeler]] respectively.