I left in a hurry, and to that part of Derry I never went back. Letting people believe the bad times were over, waiting for them to relax and forget there had ever been bad times at all. I think it was Derry in there-everything that was wrong with it, everything that was askew, hiding in that pipe. You know you want to, you know you’re curious. Time doesn’t matter in here in here, time just floats away. Never mind all the rest of it, Jake-come in and see. And from inside the pipe-deep in that oversized bore-something moved and shuffled.Ĭome in and see, that something seemed to whisper in my head. A collar that had surely belonged to some child’s beloved kitten. I don’t know what and I don’t want to know, but at the mouth of the thing I saw a heap of gnawed bones and a tiny chewed collar with a bell on it. I can tell you one more thing: there was something inside that fallen chimney at the Kitchener Ironworks. How IT's Pennywise Makes a Creepy Cameo in 11/22/63 During his adventure though, Jake ends up spending some time in Derry, Maine, and needless to say, he doesn't end up fond of the place.

The book centers on Jake Epping, a teacher who goes through a time portal into the past, on a mission to prevent the infamous assassination of U.S. One of King's coolest callbacks to a prior book came in his 2011 novel 11/22/63. Related: IT: Pennywise’s Disturbing Baby-Eating Deleted Scene Explained To be sure, references to other King projects do happen in King adaptations, they're just generally not to another specific adaptation, thus preventing them from tying directly together in a matter similar to something like the MCU or The Conjuring-verse.

Unfortunately, Hollywood adaptations will always be at least somewhat limited as to how they can approach creating some kind of connected King cinematic universe, thanks to the hurdles of legal rights deals, and different studios controlling different stories.

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