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'Aztec Batman: Clashes of Empires': How to watch new Batman movie trailer
There's still quite some time before we'll get any previews of Batman's next two live-action movies, Andy Muschietti's "The Brave and the Bold" and Matt Reeves' "The Batman Part II." Luckily, though, you don't have to wait to get your fix of the Dark Knight: Warner Bros. Entertainment officially unveiled the first trailer for the animated film, "Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires." The DC animation takes a unique approach to the story of Bruce Wayne, placing the characters in the Aztec Empire on the brink of Spanish colonization. As shown in the trailer, the son of an Aztec ruler takes on the role of a bat-themed warrior to fight Spanish conquistadors following the death of his father. It also teases a new spin on classic villains like the Joker, Two-Face and Poison Ivy, who have been altered to fit the era of the movie. Where to watch the new Batman movie trailer You can get a first look at "Aztec Batman: Clash of the Empires" by watching Warner Bros. Entertainment's official teaser on X. The film is slated to hit streaming services on Sept. 9, 2025, so keep an eye out for any additional trailers that may come out for another look prior to its release. This article originally appeared on New Batman movie trailer: How to Watch 'Aztec Batman: Clashes of Empires' preview Solve the daily Crossword
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‘How did It become Pennywise?' Andy and Barbara Muschietti reveal terrifying secrets of new HBO spin-off ‘Welcome to Derry'
Things can get spooky at Comic-Con after dark. And thanks the combination of Stephen King and the filmmaking team of and Barbara Muschietti, the It: Welcome to Derry panel delivered the scares Saturday night in San Diego. The sibling duo shared a new teaser trailer (below), played the opening scene of their upcoming HBO series, which fleshes out stories from King's sprawling 1986 novel, and explained the impetus behind the initial eight-episode season. More from Gold Derby 'Avatar: Fire and Ash' trailer drops: Everything to know about James Cameron's return to Pandora Shocking cameos, new characters, emotional tributes: 5 biggest takeaways from 'Gen V' Season 2 panel at Comic-Con "One of the most fascinating things about the book is the cryptic factor, which is, you hear the story, you know certain things, but you never get to the end of anything. At the end of the book, nobody knows what the hell It is, what does it want? Who is Bob Gray? How did it all happen? We are going to ruin all this," Andy quipped, "by unveiling some of these mysteries, but with very good taste." Here's everything we learned about the show, which will debut this October, just in time for Halloween. What's the backstory? The Muschiettis spent the better part of a decade developing and producing the blockbuster It (2017) and It Chapter 2 (2019), but, as Andy Muschietti explains, the King book, which clocks in at 1,000-plus pages, was just too expansive to cover in his two films. There was still, as King might say, meat on the bone. Apart from all the joy that the two movies brought to us, there was also a frustration for not being able to tell a larger story. So there was always this idea of somehow like going back and digging into the book. Coming out of the movies with Bill, , we had conversations. We came out exhausted, but excited about the whole experience, and we always fantasized about doing an origin story: How did It become Pennywise? Which is one of the big mysteries in the book, and there's mention of this character Bill Gray. So the conversations were about that. How do we tell the story? And for a second it was a movie, and then, we both went our ways. Years passed, but the Muschiettis just couldn't shake Pennywise. They also began to entertain the idea of a series to tease out the untapped material. "There are more opportunities with a series," says Andy. "There is a larger canvas to explore the nuances of the characters." Once the had the bones of an idea, they took it to HBO. What's the plot? While the main story of the Losers Club, as both teens and adults, was told in the two films, there were parts of King's novel, notably the sections known as the interludes, that were only hinted at. As the Losers grow up and leave Derry, one of them, Mike Hanlon, stays behind to research the tragic events that occur every 27 years. Season 1 will focus on the 1962 burning of the Black Spot, a nightclub that catered to the Black airmen at the local base. Barbara Muschietti says the plan is for three seasons and will go back further in time with each one. "We talked to Stephen King — he's the greatest, and he was very supportive — and he had the idea of actually going backwards in time, so basically hitting Pennywise's cycles backwards. And that's why our first season of TV is in '62." "There's a reason why it goes backwards, but we can't tell you yet," Andy continues. "Then we go to 1935, and then we go to 1908, in theory," presuming the show gets renewed for multiple seasons. Each season will cover the mysterious events leading up to the specific catastrophe of each era. "We we're using [each season] as a base for the big events of the interludes — the burning of the Black Spot, the massacre of the Bradley Gang and the explosion of the Kitchner Ironworks — described in the books." "If you remember the movie, Mike is talking to his granddad in the beginning of the movie. This is the story of that guy, among others," says Andy, adding that the series will also explore "all the connections with the characters seen in the movie. And some will be obvious, some will not. Some will be revealed later on ... and the way they are connected, it is part of the drama, the comedy, and the horror of the stories." The panel featured the opening of Welcome to Derry, where a young boy (Miles Ekhardt) from a troubled home is chased from a movie theater after sneaking in to watch The Music Man ("You've got trouble, right here in River City!"). The boy, who sucks on a pacifier as a coping mechanism, hitches a ride with a family who asks where he's heading. "Anywhere but Derry," he replies. But the family is not what they seem and the scene ends with the car back in Derry and the boy's pacifier floating into the familiar sewers as the title comes up. Who's in the cast? In addition to Skarsgård returning as a certain dancing clown, the ensemble includes Taylour Paige, Jovan Adepo, Chris Chalk, James Remar, Stephen Rider, Madeleine Stowe, and Rudy Mancuso. While Andy Muschietti declined to divulge everyone's roles, he did note that Chalk is playing someone familiar to all King fans. "There's another character that you might know from The Shining, which is Dick Hallorann. That's not a surprise. It's in the book. He plays a very little role as as a character in the book. He has a bigger role in this one. It's a bit of a spoiler, but I think you deserve it." Who's the creative team? In addition to the Musciettis, the series was developed by Jason Fuchs, who also wrote the teleplay for the first episode. Fuchs is also serving as co-showrunner with Brad Caleb Kane. The Muschiettis, Fuchs, Kane, Skarsgård, David Coatsworth, Shelley Meals, Roy Lee, and Dan Lin are executive producers. Andy Muschietti is also directing multiple episodes, which he describes as "basically eight movies." What's the awards history of It? The first TV adaptation of It was the acclaimed 1990 miniseries starring Tim Curry as Pennywise. That was nominated for Emmys for music composition (which it won) and editing (which it lost). It also won the People's Choice Award for Best Miniseries and an Eddie Award for best editing. While they were box-office smashes with strong reviews, the It films didn't earn any Oscar nods. The first film did receive an MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Team for its teenaged Losers Club along with a Golden Trailer Award for Best Horror and also wound up on several year-end top 10 lists. For the sequel, Bill Hader earned a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor. Meanwhile, the previous HBO adaptation of a King work, 2020's The Outsider, earned a Best Guest Actor Emmy nomination for Jason Bateman. When and where does it air? The first of eight It: Welcome to Derry episodes will premiere in October (the network has yet to specify a date) on HBO and HBO Max, with episodes dropping weekly afterwards. Watch the first teaser: Best of Gold Derby 'Five new life forms from distant planets': Everything to know about 'Alien: Earth' as new trailer drops Everything to know about 'The Pitt' Season 2, including the departure of Tracy Ifeachor's Dr. Collins Everything to know about 'Too Much,' Lena Dunham's Netflix TV show starring Megan Stalter that's kinda, sorta 'based on a true story' Click here to read the full article. Solve the daily Crossword
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New Trailer For IT: WELCOME TO DERRY Teases The History of Pennywise's Terror — GeekTyrant
HBO Max just dropped a chilling new trailer for IT: Welcome to Derry , and horror fans got their first look at the upcoming series during a late-night panel at San Diego Comic-Con. The show promises to take us deeper into Stephen King's terrifying world, exploring the dark history behind Pennywise and the cursed town of Derry. The teaser sets an unsettling tone as it opens with a sense of unease spreading through the quiet streets of Derry as children begin disappearing. At the center of this nightmare is a young woman, played by Taylor Paige, who moves to town with her husband just as things start to spiral. While Bill Skarsgård's Pennywise only makes a brief appearance at the end, his sinister presence looms throughout the trailer. Set in the universe of King's iconic novel, Welcome to Derry expands on the vision introduced by Andy Muschietti in the feature films. Muschietti, who is executive producing the series alongside Barbara Muschietti and Jason Fuchs, says the show will dive deep into the roots of Derry's nightmares: 'There's a reason why the story is told backwards.' The first season is set in 1962, a few years before the events of IT: Chapter One . Future seasons will travel even further into the past, with Season 2 exploring 1935 and Season 3 going all the way back to 1908. The series draws inspiration from the interludes in King's original novel, which detail Mike Hanlon's research into Derry's horrific past. Muschietti explains: 'The interludes are basically chapters that reflect Mike Hanlon's research… fragments of his research. For 27 years, it's the guy trying to figure out what it is, what did it, who did it, who saw it, and all that stuff.' Each season will explore one of Pennywise's 27-year cycles of terror and the catastrophic events that came with them. Muschietti teases: 'They talk about catastrophic events from the past, like the fire in the Black Spot… the massacre of the Bradley Gang, a gang of bank robbers in the '30s… and the explosion of the Kitchener Ironworks.' These tragedies will serve as the backbone of the show's narrative, promising a bloody and terrifying history lesson for fans of the franchise. Muschietti confirms: 'We are basing the three seasons of this series on each of these catastrophic events.' With excitement coming out of Comic-Con and Warner Bros. reportedly thrilled with the first season, there's already talk of fast-tracking Season 2. IT: Welcome to Derry is shaping up to be one of the most exciting horror series of the year, offering fans a chance to see the origins of Pennywise like never before. Get ready to return to the town where fear was born when the series premieres on HBO later this year. Here are some details on each of the tree stories: The Black Spot: The Black Spot is one of the most memorable stories and it is told by Mike Hanlon's father, Will Hanlon, a tale he kept hidden until his last days. In It 's second interlude, Mike visits his father in the hospital and listens to his dad recount a harrowing chapter from his youth. Years before, Will Hanlon and his fellow Air Force servicemen had created a nightclub called The Black Spot, a haven for Black patrons in a time of segregation and deep-seated racism. One night, the Maine Legion of White Decency, a violent supremacist group, burned the club to the ground, killing many innocent people. And while the Legion set the blaze, something far more sinister was lurking in the flames… It itself, taking the shape of a monstrous bird, snatching up its victims amid the fiery chaos. One of the people inside was a young Dick Halloran from The Shining , who worked in the club's kitchen. The Bradley Gang: The Bradley Gang was group of Depression-era outlaws who arrive in Derry in 1929 to hide out from the FBI. They are gunned down by members of the Derry community on Canal Street in the middle of the afternoon, while arriving at Machen's Sporting Goods store to pick up a shipment of ammunition. Mike Hanlon recalls seven members of the Bradley Gang, though Norbert Keene, who was alive during the ambush, recalls eight members. The gang consists of its leader, Al Bradley, and his brother, George. They rob six or seven banks in the Midwest and kidnap a banker for a ransom of thirty thousand dollars before deciding to kill the banker anyway. The other gang members are the brothers Joe and Cal Conklin, Arthur 'Creeping Jesus' Malloy, handsome Patrick Caudy, George's common-law wife, Kitty Donahue, and Caudy's on-and-off again girlfriend, Marie Hauser. The Explosion of the Kitchener Ironworks: The Kitchener Ironworks was an ironworks outside of Derry. In 1906, despite every machine in the works having been shut completely down, the Ironworks inexplicably exploded, killing a group of 88 children and 102 total people who were participating in an Easter egg hunt. The tragedy was caused by It sabotaging the equipment, presumed to be responsible for eight missing bodies. This marked the beginning of the creature's 27-year hibernation period.
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'It' Prequel Series 'Welcome to Derry' Drops New Trailer
Yara Sameh 'It' prequel series, 'Welcome to Derry', is bringing everyone's favorite killer clown to the small screen later this year. The second teaser for the upcoming HBO series was unveiled Saturday night at a spooky late-night San Diego Comic-Con panel before it was released online Sunday. In the clip, viewers catch a glimpse of the panic that ensues as a nefarious force begins to creep its way into Derry, and children start disappearing. The footage primarily focuses on Taylour Paige, who plays a young woman who has just moved to Derry with her husband, when things start to go awry in the small town. Despite Bill Skarsgård's Pennywise briefly appearing at the end, his presence is felt throughout. Taking place in the world of Stephen King's IT universe, "Welcome to Derry" expands the vision established by filmmaker Andy Muschietti in the feature films, which amassed a combined $1.17 billion worldwide. Set 27 years before the events of the two 'It' movies, the show begins in the 1960s, in the time leading up to the events of 2017's 'It: Part One'. As the story goes, the murderous entity It feeds on children before hibernating for 27 years, so the show follows It's previous killing spree before the events of the 'It' films. 'Welcome to Derry' cast also includes Jovan Adepo, Chris Chalk, James Remar, Stephen Rider, Madeleine Stowe, and Rudy Mancuso. 'This is a book we love a lot, and we felt that there was still a lot of story to be covered,' Andy Muschietti and his sister and producing partner Barbara Muschietti said in a previous statement. 'It's so rich with characters and events, we thought we would do justice to the book and the fans by going back into this world. Specifically, we are telling the stories of the interludes, writings by Mike Hanlon based on his investigation that includes interviews he conducts with the older people in the town. In Welcome to Derry, we touch on the usual themes that were talked about in the movie — friendship, loss, the power of unified belief — but this story focuses also on the use of fear as a weapon, which is one of the things that is also relevant to our times.' 'Welcome to Derry' is produced by HBO and Warner Bros. Television, with a story by Andy Muschietti, Barbara Muschietti and Jason Fuchs. They executive produce alongside Brad Caleb Kane, David Coatsworth, Bill Skarsgård, Shelley Meals, Roy Lee, and Dan Lin. Fuchs, who wrote the teleplay for the first episode, is a co-showrunner with Kane. The series was developed for television by "It" filmmakers Andy Muschietti and Barbara Muschietti, as well as Jason Fuchs. Muschietti, who directed 'It: Part One' and 2019's 'It: Part Two', is attached to executive produce the series along with Barbara Muschietti and Jason Fuchs. Fuchs is writing the first episode of the series, based on a story by him and the Muschiettis. Andy will also direct multiple episodes, including the first. Fuchs and Brad Caleb Kane serve as co-showrunners and executive producers, with the Muschiettis also executive producing via their Double Dream production company. Shelley Meals, Roy Lee, and Dan Lin also executive produce. The series is produced by HBO Max and Warner Bros. Television. 'It' was previously adapted into a two-part miniseries for ABC back in 1990, featuring Tim Curry as Pennywise. 'Welcome to Derry' will debut on HBO and will be available to stream on HBO Max in October. read more New Tourism Route To Launch in Old Cairo Ahmed El Sakka-Led Play 'Sayidati Al Jamila' to Be Staged in KSA on Dec. 6 Mandy Moore Joins Season 2 of "Dr. Death" Anthology Series Don't Miss These Movies at 44th Cairo Int'l Film Festival Today Amr Diab to Headline KSA's MDLBEAST Soundstorm 2022 Festival Arts & Culture Mai Omar Stuns in Latest Instagram Photos Arts & Culture "The Flash" to End with Season 9 Arts & Culture Ministry of Culture Organizes four day Children's Film Festival Arts & Culture Canadian PM wishes Muslims Eid-al-Adha News Israeli-Linked Hadassah Clinic in Moscow Treats Wounded Iranian IRGC Fighters Arts & Culture "Jurassic World Rebirth" Gets Streaming Date News China Launches Largest Ever Aircraft Carrier Videos & Features Tragedy Overshadows MC Alger Championship Celebration: One Fan Dead, 11 Injured After Stadium Fall Lifestyle Get to Know 2025 Eid Al Adha Prayer Times in Egypt Business Egyptian Pound Undervalued by 30%, Says Goldman Sachs Arts & Culture South Korean Actress Kang Seo-ha Dies at 31 after Cancer Battle Sports Get to Know 2025 WWE Evolution Results News "Tensions Escalate: Iran Probes Allegations of Indian Tech Collaboration with Israeli Intelligence" Arts & Culture Hawass Foundation Launches 1st Course to Teach Ancient Egyptian Language
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2 days ago
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Stephen King's 'It: Welcome to Derry' prequel for HBO gets first look
SAN DIEGO – Two hit 'It' movies told much of the epic story of Stephen King's seminal horror novel. Yet at 1,100-plus pages, there was still a lot left over for a TV series. Director Andy Muschietti teams again with his sister (and fellow producer) Barbara Muschietti for the prequel 'It: Welcome to Derry' (premiering in October on HBO and HBO Max). With a first season set in 1962, the show will plumb the tragic history of the cursed Maine town of Derry – told via interludes written by Losers Club historian Mike Hanlon in King's book – plus feature the return of that evil clown Pennywise (Bill Skarsgård). Join our Watch Party! Sign up to receive USA TODAY's movie and TV recommendations right in your inbox On Saturday, July 26, during a Comic-Con panel for 'Derry,' the Muschiettis premiered a new trailer, plus debuted the opening 10 minutes. A young boy gets caught sneaking into the movies and then tries to hitchhike out of Derry, too old to be sucking on a pacifier but needing it to calm himself. He's picked up by a seemingly ordinary family heading to Portland, but the kid quickly realizes they're headed back to Derry, these people are really weird, and the mom gives birth very graphically in the car to a demon baby with wings and two heads. 'The series is all like this,' Andy Muschietti warned afterward with a laugh. It was important to the team that even though the storytelling format changed, 'we still have the same level of intensity and scariness,' Barbara Muschietti said. Her brother added the show is actually more intense than the movies: 'We got away with a lot and that's the stuff you'll be excited about.' Andy Muschietti was 'exhausted but excited' after directing the films, he said, and always fantasized about doing the origin story of how It became Pennywise. Plus, there were historical moments from the book mentioned in the movie – the burning of the Black Spot juke joint, the Bradley Gang massacre, the Kitchener Ironworks explosion – that were the basis to what Muschietti wanted to explore with an 'It' show. King was excited about the show, plus it was his idea for the series to go back in time to hit the 27-year cycles where Pennywise is unleashed. While the first season takes place in 1962, 'Derry' could then move to 1935 and 1908 'in theory,' Andy Muschietti said. 'There's a reason why it goes backward and we can't tell you why.' The show's characters will connect with those from the movies. Mike's grandfather Leroy Hanlon (Jovan Adepo) is the main character of the first season, as he and wife Charlotte (Taylour Paige) move their family to Derry and quickly realize the place is seriously off. There are other parts of King canon as well: A Shawshank State Prison bus is seen in the trailer, and Dick Hallorann, a key character in 'The Shining' who has a small role in the 'It' novel, is a significant player in 'Derry' as played by Chris Chalk. 'One of the most fascinating things about the book is the cryptic factor,' Andy Muschietti said. 'You hear certain things, you get to the end of the book, but you don't know what It is. We're going to ruin all this. We're unveiling all these mysteries, but with very good taste.' And you can't have 'It' without Skarsgård, and his Pennywise is still quite unsettling. 'I got used to it. Barbie, not so much,' Andy Muschietti said. 'The things he brings to this show are incredible.' He says, ' 'Let's order some pizza,' and I'm like, 'I can't look at you,' ' Barbara Muschietti said. 'It's the eyes that get you.'
