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Stephen King’s IT - Breaking Down the Miniseries, Movies, and the Upcoming Welcome to Derry

October 24, 2025 • Ambrose & Kelly • Season 1 • Episode 15

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Ambrose and Kelly break down how IT evolved from King’s doorstop novel into the 1990 TV classic, the R-rated 2017/2019 films, and the upcoming prequel Welcome to Derry. We talk fear, friendship, why Derry feels “alive,” and why Pennywise still wrecks our nerves.

Highlights

Derry as a character, not a backdrop
Two timelines and why that’s hard to adapt
1990 ABC constraints vs. big-screen freedom
Tim Curry’s charm vs. Skarsgård’s inhuman menace
Chapter Two’s heart: Richie, Eddie, and Stan’s letter
What a prequel should reveal without killing the mystery

Quick Timestamps

0:00 Cold open, red balloons
7:00 Book scale, dual timelines
15:00 1990 miniseries: what works, what creaks
28:00 2017: reset to ’89, R-rated stakes
41:00 Chapter Two: cast, grief, endings
52:00 Welcome to Derry: hopes and worries
56:00 Critic’s Crypt ratings

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