Consider this logline: in mid-20th century America, a collection of Black citizens join together to create a juke joint where they can drink, party, and be free from the tension generated by racist members of the local community, but the endeavor is met with disaster thanks to supernaturally-charged efforts of the local Klan. Now, did I just describe the plot of Ryan Coogler’s Sinners, or did I just describe the plot of the new HBO series IT: Welcome To Derry?
The answer is “Yes to both,” and it’s a coincidence that I felt compelled to bring up earlier this month while covering the virtual press day for the upcoming Stephen King TV series. Speaking with Andy and Barbara Muschietti (who co-created IT: Welcome To Derry with co-showrunner Jason Fuchs), I made note of the comparison and asked for their thoughts, and the former noted that the similarities are definitely a coincidence – while noting that the plot in question comes straight from Stephen King’s book.
00:00I'm curious just what your response you had to seeing the development of Ryan Coogler's Sinners as you were doing.
00:07Oh, you're talking about Sinners?
00:09Yes.
00:09Yeah, well, that was a coincidence and it's a great movie.
00:14I don't think it ruins or it messes anything of our story because our story is very different.
00:22You know, the black spot is something that was very established in the book.
00:27And since we decided to include all the interludes of the book in our series, the black spot was a very important chapter of this bigger narrative.
00:42But I really enjoyed Sinners.
00:44I thought it was phenomenal.
00:46I didn't care that it was like, you know.
00:48I wanted to see it on opening weekend and I wrote Ryan and I said, my God, you know, what an amazing original.
00:58Went all out, told everybody about Sinners.
01:01And like a month later, somebody tells me, oh, but it's like in the show.
01:08And like my jaw dropped because I hadn't even thought about it.
01:11It just, you know, didn't compute.
01:13But it's an amazing, amazing movie and can't wait for the sequel.
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