As IT: Welcome to Derry hits the ground running on HBO , the show’s two-part debut week comes after the Hollywood strikes forced production to pause for eight months.

Co-creator Barbara Muschietti estimated that “90% of three episodes” had been filmed before production shut down amid the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes in 2023, creating several logistical issues for the show’s storyline.

“We suddenly had to work in different seasons,” she explained to SFX Magazine . “This is a summer show, but suddenly it wasn’t a summer show any more. We had to create a different finale with a different climate.”

Additionally, Muschietti noted, “The kids were growing. Voices were changing. Schedules of actors suddenly became hellish. So it was a huge challenge for the studio as well.”

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