HBO’s It prequel is quietly ruining another classic Stephen King story

We always knew It: Welcome to Derry would connect directly to series co-creator Andy Muschietti’s It movies, but as the HBO show plays out, it’s revealing even more shared DNA across the Stephen King universe. Most notably, the well-meaning chef Dick Hallorann from The Shiningappears here as a much younger man (a link King wrote into his books as well), and while this seems like a harmless Easter egg at first, it may have some surprising timeline ramifications for that beloved scary story.