The original post: /r/television by /u/Mattyzooks on 2025-12-16 13:52:13+00:00.
Some months ago, it had been announced that the showrunners of Dark, Baran bo Odatr and Jantje Friese had signed a deal with HBO. A little over half a year ago, Baran made some posts about being involved in the writers room for IT: Welcome to Derry and changed his Instagram icon to the ‘red balloon’ with Pennywise’s face behind it. They posted an Instagram story tagging Muschietti saying "our new partners in crime: with the IT balloon… Then they posted about attending the wrap party and made comments about working on the show. It then came out as rumor that they’d be involved in season 2’s writers room (although the show hasn’t been renewed yet). Then they deleted all support that they were involved in Welcome To Derry and changed the Instagram icon to zoom in more on the red balloon so you can’t see Pennywise anymore.
In lieu of the finale’s reveal that Pennywise does not see time linearly and wants to stop his death in a potentially unchangeable timeline, were Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese brought into IT: Welcome to Derry to consult based on their expertise on narrative time loops?