Gage and Ellie
The final act of the new movie is where everything changes compared with earlier versions of the story. In both the book and the 1989 film, the Creeds’ youngest child, the toddler Gage, is killed when he’s struck by a car. (The real villain of the story is apparently a lack of road safety education.) In the 2019 movie, there’s a surprising switch: Ellie is killed by a car instead of Gage.