While we will eventually see the adult events in the film sequel play out in 2016, this film is an Amblin-esque story set in 1989, full of sun-drenched hills perfect for bike riding, and Batman and Lethal Weapon 2 playing in the local theater.
The changes in the time period are key to how the characters grow up in and outside the city of Derry, Maine.
The story’s setting was updated to the 1980s.
The novel showcases a 1950s vision of childhood, with The Mummy and I Was A Teenage Werewolf fueling the major scares that the The Losers Club face off against, but that’s not the case in the sequel.