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It, retroactively known as It Chapter One, is a 2017 American supernatural horror film based on Stephen King's 1986 novel of the same name.^[5] Produced by New Line Cinema, KatzSmith Productions, Lin Pictures, Vertigo Entertainment,^[6][7] and distributed by Warner Bros.^[8] It is the first film in the It film series as well as being the second adaptation following Tommy Lee Wallace's 1990 miniseries.^[9][10][11] The film tells the story of seven children in Derry, Maine, who are terrorized by the eponymous being, only to face their own personal demons in the process.^[12][13] The film is also known as It: Part 1 – The Losers' Club.^{[N 1]}

The film is directed by Andy Muschietti and written by Chase Palmer, Cary Fukunaga and Gary Dauberman.^[18][19][20] Jaeden Lieberher stars as Bill Denbrough and Bill Skarsgård as Pennywise the Dancing Clown.^[21] Jeremy Ray Taylor, Sophia Lillis, Finn Wolfhard, Wyatt Oleff, Chosen Jacobs, Jack Dylan Grazer, Nicholas Hamilton, and Jackson Robert Scott are all featured in supporting roles.^[21] Principal photography began in Toronto on June 27, 2016, and ended on September 21, 2016.^[22][23] The locations for It included the municipality of Port Hope, Oshawa, Ontario, and Riverdale, Toronto.^[24]

Weeks later, after Beverly confronts and incapacitates her sexually abusive father, she is abducted by Pennywise. The Losers Club reassembles and travels back to the abandoned house to rescue her. Bowers, who has murdered his abusive father after being driven insane by It, attacks the group; Mike fights back and pushes Bowers down the well to his apparent death. The Losers descend into the sewers and find It's underground lair, 

The leader of the group of kids known as the Losers Club, who vows to get revenge on the monster with the help of his friends.^[34][35][36] Denbrough losing his brother makes the battle against It a more personal crusade for him than any of the others. That and his stutter is what binds him to the group and transforms him into Big Bill, the leader.^[37] On the character of Denbrough, Muschietti stated: "Bill is like a ghost in his own home: nobody sees him because his parents can't get over Georgie's death."^[38] Ty Simpkins was considered for the role in Cary Fukunaga's production.^[39][40] On the description of his character, Lieberher remarked of Bill that: "He's very strong and never backs down. He does what he thinks is right and would do anything for the people that he loves."^[41] Lieberher spoke of influences such as YouTube and Colin Firth's performance in The King's Speech (2010) in assisting him to develop Bill's stutter,^[42] whilst researching and getting used to stuttering on certain words, certain syllables, certain letters and sounds.^[43]