Key Takeaways
- It: Chapter Two is leaving Netflix on November 30th, 2024.
- The It franchise made over $1.1 billion worldwide.
- Fans are invested in the Losers Club’s journey dealing with childhood trauma.
For many horror fans, it doesn’t get better than a story by Stephen King. It has been several decades since his first novel, Carrie, was published in 1974, and every year, there are more and more TV and movie adaptations of his work. Mike Flanagan is even making a Carrie TV show, which will be fascinating. Flanagan isn’t the only one who loves the famous and talented author, of course. Whenever a new King project is released, people race to the theater to check it out.
If seeing a movie based on a creepy and brilliant King story at a local movie theater is fun, it’s still just as enjoyable to watch these movies at home. That’s why fans will want to know which King sequel is sadly leaving Netflix in November 2024.
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Stephen King’s It: Chapter Two Is Leaving Netflix
According to Entertainment Weekly, It: Chapter Two is leaving Netflix on November 30th, 2024. After It: Chapter One was released in 2017, the sequel came out in 2019. The members of the Losers Club are back: Richie Tozier (Bill Hader), Eddie Kaspbrak (James Ransome), Ben Hanscom (Jay Ryan), Mike Hanlon (Isaiah Mustafa), Bill Denbrough (James McAvoy), and Bev Marsh (Jessica Chastain). A tragedy brings the group of friends back to Derry, Maine, where they encounter the evil Pennywise once again.
Given the interest in the upcoming prequel series It: Welcome to Derry, it’s no wonder that It: Chapter One and It: Chapter Two were so successful. According to Box Office Mojo, the first movie grossed $702,781,748 worldwide, and the sequel made $473,123,154. While the second made less than the original, the movie still made a lot of money.
Pennywise is one reason why the It franchise is so beloved. The clown’s influence is all over the horror genre, from the villain Art The Clown in Terrifier to Twisty the Clown in American Horror Story season 4. King was smart to create a villain who literally haunts kids. The scenes of Pennywise targeting children in Derry feel like something out of a bad dream (or a nightmare), which is what makes them so effective. Chances are that many people look at the villain’s eerie face and that infamous grin and feel instantly terrified.
What Are Some Upcoming Stephen King Adaptations?
- The Running Man
- It: Welcome to Derry
- The Life of Chuck
- The Monkey
The Losers Club members are also so engaging, likable, and sympathetic that horror fans can’t help but be invested in their journeys. Since they were all bullied as kids, they formed an enduring bond that has gotten even stronger in adulthood. It: Chapter One and It: Chapter Two are also about how adults deal with childhood trauma, which gives the story some weight. Besides being afraid of Pennywise, the characters grew up feeling isolated from their peers and mistreated by their families. This lends the two movies a sadness that isn’t always present in horror movies.
While it’s a shame that It: Chapter Two will leave Netflix as of the end of November 2024, King fans can look forward to watching the adaptation of his short story The Monkey, which Osgood Perkins directed.
What Did Stephen King Say About It: Chapter Two?
Since King shares his love of horror movies regularly, and since so many of his books have been adapted for the big and small screen, fans are always curious about what he thinks of the final product. According to Screen Geek, in May 2019, King tweeted that he loved It: Chapter Two:
“Looking forward to IT CHAPTER 2? You should be. I’ve seen it, and it’s terrific. The trailer is coming Thursday, at noon. You’ll float.”
In 2017, King spoke to Entertainment Weekly about how It became so popular. He talked about the 1990s miniseries that is one of the most iconic examples of a terrifying clown in pop culture. The author said:
“I think one of the things that really happened was that 1990 miniseries. A whole generation of kids between the ages of 8 and 14 were scared sh—less by Tim Curry and when the new one came out it was a chance to revisit that particular experience in their childhood. Then there was this weird viral bulge in stories about creepy clowns. That was in the press all over the place. So it was a number of different things. It was the right movie at the right time.”
Bill Skarsgård will be playing Pennywise once again in the It: Welcome to Derry prequel, and fans will be curious to hear King’s thoughts about this as well.
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