Random Things 'IT Chapter Two' Changed From Book (12 items)

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  (#8) Richie’s Job

  This is a small change, and it's one that makes a lot of sense with the modernized take on the story. In the book, Richie is a successful radio DJ in LA who turned his ability for "voices" and impressions into a decent amount of fame.

  In the movie, Richie is a standup comedian - one successful enough that he gets recognized in restaurants from time to time.
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  (#4) The Importance Of Stan Ending His Own Life

  Both the book and the movie feature the early passing of Stan Uris - the quiet and clean member of the Losers’ Club. In the book, Stan's self-inflicted demise is based purely on the fear of returning to Derry and facing Pennywise again - nothing more.

  In the movie, the end reveals that Stan took his own life strategically in order for the Losers to do what they needed to do to take down Pennywise.
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  (#6) The Totems

  The movie version of IT makes a big fuss about the Losers needing to wander around town looking for personal totems of their past - totems they are then supposed to use in the Ritual of Chüd to seal Pennywise away.

  In the book, there are no totems. After the meeting at the Jade of the Orient restaurant, Mike instructs the Losers to just walk the town alone to help them get their memories from the summer of 1957 back.
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  (#9) Bill’s Wife And Bev’s Husband

  Both Bill's wife Audra and Bev's husband Tom appear in IT: Chapter Two, but have much smaller roles - they only pop up before the Losers gather back in Derry.

  In the book, both Audra and Tom end up coming to Derry looking for their spouses. Pennywise convinces Tom to kidnap Audra and bring her into the sewers, and she actually gets a long enough look at IT's deadlights that she's catatonic for weeks.
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  (#7) Pennywise’s Arrival

  Pennywise’s ancient fall to Earth millions of years in the past remains mostly intact between the book and film versions of the story. The big difference comes with who actually sees it happen - and how. In the movie, we learn that Mike met a Native tribe outside of town who were able to give him a vision of IT's arrival thanks to a hallucinatory root. Mike gives the root to Bill after he arrives in Derry to show him the same vision - and to make him understand what must be done.

  In the book, the Losers see Pennywise's arrival as kids. They decide to turn their clubhouse into a temporary smoke hut to try conjure a vision. They all start in the hut, but nearly everyone bails before receiving a vision. Only Mike and Richie stay long enough to see how the monster first arrived in the place that would be Derry.
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  (#10) The Losers’ Memories

  The movie version of IT actually concludes on a higher note than the book. The film ends with a call between Bill and Mike as Mike gets ready to leave Derry for good. Bill asks Mike why he can actually remember what happened in their hometown - why their memories aren't fading this time around - and Mike suggests it's because they have more they actually want to remember.

  In the book, as soon as the Losers defeat Pennywise and return to their lives, they once again start to forget what happened in Derry, including the names and faces of their friends. It goes so far that the words in Mike's journal about Pennywise and the aftermath fade from his notebook. The Losers save the town, and all it cost them were the memories of their youth and childhood friends.

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