Overview
- Co-creators Andy Muschietti and Jason Fuchs said Sophia Lillis’ Beverly Marsh cameo was a last‑minute choice to more directly connect the series to the It films.
- The epilogue intentionally echoes a line from the movies, which the creators say recontextualizes Beverly’s memories without changing established events.
- Collider reported 6.5 million U.S. views for the finale within three days across HBO and Max, while noting HBO has not yet announced a renewal.
- Muschietti has outlined a three‑season reverse timeline—1962, then 1935, then 1908—with Season 2 set during the Depression and expected to depict the Bradley Gang massacre foreshadowed in Season 1.
- Muschietti said the finale’s fog imagery draws from King’s Todash Field and the Dead Lights rather than signaling a direct crossover, and the production kept Bill Skarsgård’s reveal from younger cast members to capture authentic reactions.