The Duffer Brothers, in fact, created Stranger Things in the aftermath of their pitch for a new adaptation of It being passed over.
The success of Stranger Things in particular has helped to restart the conversation about the upcoming movie adaptation of King’s novel It: one of the more transparent influences on said Netflix TV show.
It remains to be seen if Skarsgård’s Pennywise comes off as truly unnerving (or just over-the-top) in Muschietti’s actual film, but Bryant’s reasoning behind the villain’s costume design is fascinating, on its own.
1980s-set hit Netflix series Stranger Things and the critically-acclaimed ’80s-set Disney re-imagining Pete’s Dragon have both been released over the past month.