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Stephen King's It book is a 1986 horror novel about seven friends confronting a creature in Derry, Maine. Its interwoven childhood and adult stories became the source for the films It (2017) and It Chapter Two (2019).

The It prequel is IT: Welcome to Derry, an HBO series whose first season is primarily set in 1962. The eight episode season premiered on October 26, 2025, and HBO has renewed the series for a second season set in 1935.

Mary Poppins and Pennywise are the subject of a fan theory that proposes they belong to the same species, but the supplied sources do not confirm that connection. Antena 3 attributed the theory to Reddit user HumanoidMod5 and reported comparisons involving their return intervals and children named Georgie.

The Pennywise origin story begins with a cosmic entity that reached Earth aboard a rock in It: Welcome to Derry. The series reveals that its clown identity came from human performer Bob Gray, a connection Stephen King's 1986 novel leaves unexplained.

The It 1990 miniseries is a two part television adaptation of Stephen King's novel, directed by Tommy Lee Wallace and first broadcast on ABC in November 1990. It follows seven childhood friends called upon to reunite in Derry and confront Pennywise, played by Tim Curry.

The Pennywise mouth reveals sharp teeth and the Deadlights in It (2017), directed by Andy Muschietti. The filmmakers combined practical teeth made for Bill Skarsgård with digital enhancements and jaw transformations.