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5 days ago
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IT: Welcome to Derry – everything you need to know about the new Max horror series
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. IT: Welcome to Derry - key info - Confirmed to arrive in October 2025- The season will have nine episodes - It will take place before the events of the 2017 feature film.- A first trailer has been released- Cast confirmed including Bill Skarsgård IT: Welcome to Derry looks poised to whisk viewers back to the nightmare-inducing world of Stephen King's It. First announced back in 2022, this HBO prequel show hails from the creative team behind the two recent feature adaptations, Andy Muschietti, Barbara Muschietti and Jason Fuchs. Andy Muschietti directed several episodes with Fuchs on producing and scripting duties. It marks the second small-screen appearance of sewer-dwelling clown Pennywise after he first terrorized a generation in the cult classic 1990 miniseries. Fans of the door stopper tome who are familiar with those existing adaptations are in for a treat. This upcoming serialized take is heading back in time to three eras of Pennywise's reign previously unexplored onscreen. As it goes, we've accumulated all the latest info on the series, from its tentative release date down to the rumors about future seasons, so you can get your fill of everything related to It: Welcome to Derry right here. Does It: Welcome to Derry have a release date? Initially slated for a Halloween 2024 release, the premiere was pushed back in light of the writers strike. HBO Max has now confirmed it will arrive in October 2025, with an exact release date not yet announced. The nine-episode first season started filming in downtown Port Hope, Ontario in May 2023, taking a significant pause for the writers strikes, eventually wrapping in August 2024. We now know it's coming to our screens in time for the spookiest season of all, and a new social media post read: "ll roads lead to Derry. First stop: #SDCC. #ITWelcomeToDerry is coming this October to HBO Max." Anyone planning on visiting San Diego Comic Con is in luck, as they've teased that will be their "first stop", so horror fans can expect to see something big there. Outside of that, we'll have to wait until October to dive back into Stephen King's terrifying world once again. It: Welcome to Derry: Has a trailer been released? In May, we got a first proper look at Welcome to Derry which I described as "delightfully" creepy in my trailer reaction. The trailer takes us back to the Stephen King's cursed fictional town of Derry, and introduces us to some of the residents who are unlucky enough to be haunted by its dark secrets. Another teaser clip is 7 seconds long and opens with a group of kids pushing their bikes beneath a bridge as a train passes overhead. One girl asks "What did you see?" and a boy responds "A clown" as we see the little tyke pulled underwater by a rotting arm. It: Welcome to Derry Cast A story like IT: Welcome to Derry demands a sprawling ensemble and the lineup is stacked: Jovan Adepo Chris Chalk Taylour Paige James Remar Stephen Rider Bill Skarsgård Dean Yool Madeleine Stowe Alixandra Fuchs Kimberly Norris Guerrero Tyner Rushing Dorian Grey Thomas Mitchell BJ Harrison Peter Outerbridge Shane Marriott Chad Rook Joshua Odjick Morningstar Angeline Rudy Mancuso Taylour Paige, Jovan Adepo, Chris Chalk and James Remar were all announced back in April 2023 by HBO Max– but their roles remain, like most of the cast, under wraps. It appears Adepo might be playing Mike Hanlon's father, Will, as early promotional photos show him in military uniform with his surname stitched onto his attire. Well over a year later, Deadline announced Bill Skarsgard's return as the clown Pennywise. Skarsgard performed in the 2017 and 2019 It movies, delivering a performance that carries echoes of Tim Curry's Pennywise from the '90s miniseries yet is entirely his own. It: Welcome to Derry story and rumors Described as a prequel series, IT: Welcome to Derry will take place before the events of the 2017 feature film. HBO's official logline is pretty brief: "Set in the world of Stephen King's IT universe, IT: WELCOME TO DERRY is based on King's IT novel and expands the vision established by filmmaker Andy Muschietti in the feature films IT and IT Chapter Two." According to reports, it revolves around what Andy Muschietti terms "interludes" from King's novel. In the book, we learn details about the history of Derry and Pennywise's previous attempts to bring havoc to the town from Mike Hanlon. This first season runs 9 episodes long and is set to explore a specific set of events depicted in Hanlon's writing, namely; the burning of the Black Spot. Because the film adaptations shifted the action from the 1950s to the 1980s, these earlier periods will also be nudged forward. The main story of the show will take place in 1962 – exactly 27 years before the story depicted in the 2017 film – and unravel the story of the Black Spot. In the novel, we learn about the Black Spot from Hanlon's father, Will, who recants the tale to him from his hospital bed. During Will Hanlon's stint in the Air Force, he and his fellow airmen open a bar for Black patrons which is targeted by white supremacists. During the ensuing tragedy, Pennywise manifests in the form of a giant bird, snatching its first victim. While the focus this time around is on new characters and new scenarios, the Muschiettis assure fans that familiar themes will resonate into the show such as friendship, loss and the power of unified belief, but in addition, Andy told Entertainment Weekly that the show "focuses also on the use of fear as a weapon, which is one of the things that is also relevant to our times." What's most exciting is that this will bring to the screen moments from King's extensive It lore that have previously only existed on page. Will there be future seasons of It: Welcome to Derry? As it stands now, the plan for the series is to roll out three seasons — each delving into a specific epoch of Pennywise's reign in the small Maine town. Muschietti, in an interview with Radio TU, explained his plan for what happens beyond season one. 'It's a story that's based on the interludes of the book. The interludes are basically chapters that reflect Mike Hanlon's 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. 'So 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. Every time [Pennywise] comes out of hibernation, there is a catastrophic event that happens at the beginning of that cycle." Each season's story is slated to unravel 27 years before the first. Muschietti goes on to tease: "There's a reason why the story is told backwards. So the first season is 1962, the second season is 1935, and the third season is 1908.' It's hard to imagine a series based on a popular property such as IT would fail to score a season two renewal, so we'd hazard a guess and say a sophomore season will likely drop in late 2026 or early 2027. Of course, we will keep you updated right here! You might also like 9 new horror movies on Netflix, Shudder, Max and more in April 2025 I'm obsessed with Netflix's new horror comedy movie that has a glowing 94% Rotten Tomatoes rating South by Southwest has given me 4 new horror movies to look forward to, including one from a dog's perspective Solve the daily Crossword
Geek Tyrant
28-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Geek Tyrant
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.
UPI
27-07-2025
- Entertainment
- UPI
'It: Welcome to Derry' to premiere on HBO, HBO Max in October
Bill Skarsgard's "It: Welcome to Derry" is set to premiere in October. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo July 27 (UPI) -- The It prequel, Welcome to Derry, is to premiere on HBO and HBO Max this October. Bill Skarsgård reprises his role as the supernatural, child-killing clown Pennywise from two It blockbuster films in the show, which takes place in 1960s Maine. The cast of the series also includes Taylour Paige, Jovan Adepo, Chris Chalk, James Remar, Stephen Rider, Madeleine Stowe and Rudy Mancuso. A second teaser for the show was released on Sunday. You'll love Derry so much, you'll never leave.#ITWelcomeToDerry premieres October 2025 on HBO Max. HBO Max (@hbomax) July 27, 2025
Geek Girl Authority
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Geek Girl Authority
IT: WELCOME TO DERRY Teaser Takes Us Back to Where It All Began
Highlights HBO unveiled the official teaser trailer for IT: Welcome to Derry , which you can watch below. IT: Welcome to Derry Bill Skarsgård reprises the iconic role of Pennywise the Clown, the titular antagonist, for the new series. In the teaser, we see the town of Derry, Maine, grapple with a spate of missing kids cases in 1962. IT: Welcome to Derry And what a warm welcome it is. We finally have a teaser for HBO's highly anticipated prequel origin series, IT: Welcome to Derry . Adapted from the legendary Stephen King's IT , the show sees the return of Bill Skarsgård as the terrifying Pennywise. Skarsgård played the villain in 2017's IT and the 2019 sequel IT Chapter Two . RELATED: New TV Shows This Week (May 18 – 24) Here's a logline for the series per HBO: 'Set in the world of Stephen King's IT universe, IT: Welcome to Derry is based on King's IT novel and expands the vision established by filmmaker Andy Muschietti in the feature films IT and IT Chapter Two .' Admittedly, that's not much to go on, but it's abundantly clear that the Powers That Be have quite a few narrative surprises up their sleeves. I love a bit of mystery myself. The Cast and Crew The series stars Taylour Paige, Jovan Adepo, Chris Chalk, James Remar, Stephen Rider, Madeleine Stowe, Rudy Mancuso and Bill Skarsgård. Andy and Barbara Muschietti and Jason Fuchs serve as developers, while Fuchs is a co-showrunner alongside Brad Caleb Kane. Skarsgård executive produces with Fuchs, the Muschiettis and Kane. Fuchs penned the teleplay for the first episode, and Andy Muschietti will be at the helm as director for multiple episodes. RELATED: Here's Your Reminder That Alien and Predator Began as Feminist Franchises The teaser does an excellent job of, well, teasing what's to come. We don't get the whole story arc; instead, said teaser ramps up anticipation and sprinkles in horror elements to whet our appetites until the six-episode series premieres. IT: Welcome to Derry will creep onto our screens this fall on HBO Max (after the streamer reverts to its original name this summer). Before you go, check out the official teaser below. REVIVAL: Check Out 9 First-Look Photos From Melanie Scrofano-Led Series Contact: [email protected] What I do: I'm GGA's Managing Editor, a Senior Contributor, and Press Coordinator. I manage, contribute, and coordinate. Sometimes all at once. Joking aside, I oversee day-to-day operations for GGA, write, edit, and assess interview opportunities/press events. Who I am: Before moving to Los Angeles after studying theater in college, I was born and raised in Amish country, Ohio. No, I am not Amish, even if I sometimes sport a modest bonnet. Bylines in: Tell-Tale TV, Culturess, Sideshow Collectibles, and inkMend on Medium. Critic: Rotten Tomatoes, CherryPicks, and the Hollywood Creative Alliance.
