It: Chapter 2 - Everything We Know So Far

3. The Return To Derry

The sequel, as in the book, will see The Losers' Club – many of whom had moved away from the haunted town – reunite in Derry. Barbara Muschietti has shed some light on how that might play out, suggesting that the character of Mike will bring the group back after staying in Derry and becoming a junkie librarian. This somewhat deviates from the novel in that whilst Mike did stay behind and become a librarian, he never became a drug addict.

Muschietti had this to say about the change:

“My idea of Mike in the second movie is quite darker from the book,” Muschietti said. “I want to make his character the one pivotal character who brings them all together, but staying in Derry took a toll with him. I want him to be a junkie actually. A librarian junkie. When the second movie starts, he’s a wreck.”