Fresh out of the success of Stranger Things 3 and after winning and scaring hearts in IT, Finn Wolfhard is back in IT Chapter Two. The film is based on the literary works of Stephen King. In Chapter Two, director Andy Muschietti reunites the Losers Club—young and adult—to where it all began.

After filming and experiencing the runaway success of IT (2017) together, the teenage actors kept in touch. Wolfhard, who returns as Richie, recollects, "We'd heard rumours, mostly from each other, that they were going to bring us back. We later went for dinner with Andy and Barbara Muschietti [co-producer], and they confirmed that we would be a part of the second movie, without much specifics.