Derry, Maine. It (2017) May 2026

: The children must overcome their individual traumas—ranging from abusive parents to societal racism—and band together to fight the monster in its lair within the town's sewers.

The story of in the 2017 film IT (also known as IT: Chapter One ) follows a group of seven outcast children who call themselves the " Losers' Club " . Set in the summer of 1989, the narrative begins when local children start mysteriously disappearing, including Georgie Denbrough, the younger brother of the group's leader, Bill. Derry, Maine. IT (2017)

: The town is portrayed as having a dark, repetitive history of tragedies that the adult population largely ignores or forgets due to the influence of the entity. : The town is portrayed as having a

: A marshy area in Derry where the Losers' Club hangs out and eventually finds the entrance to Pennywise’s lair. including Georgie Denbrough