It Prequel Series Welcome to Derry In the Works at HBO Max — Report
Prepare to learn more about the nightmarish, trans-dimensional evil clown at the center of It.
A prequel series based on the Stephen King novel is in the works at HBO Max, the newsletter The Ankler reports. Tentatively titled Welcome to Derry, the show will take place in the ‘60s and explore the origins of the curse that would haunt the small Maine town for the next 27 years — as well as the origin story of Pennywise the Clown.
Per Variety, Andy Muschietti, who directed the 2017 blockbuster It: Chapter One and its sequel It: Chapter Two, will write and executive-produce the series alongside Barbara Muschietti and Jason Fuchs. Muschietti and Fuchs developed the story for the show.
The series will lead into the events of the first It film, which starred Stranger Things’ Finn Wolfhard, Jaeden Martell (Knives Out, Defending Jacob), Sophia Lillis (I Am Not Okay With This), Chosen Jacobs (God Friended Me, Hawaii Five-0), Jeremy Ray Taylor (Big Sky) and Bill Skarsgård as Pennywise.
Skarsgård reprised the role for the 2019 sequel starring James McAvoy, Bill Hader, Jessica Chastain, Isaiah Mustafa and Jay Ryan as the grown-up characters from Chapter One. The film ended with the surviving members of the Losers defeating Pennywise in a final confrontation, thus ridding their town of the predatory clown once and for all.
It was previously adapted into a 1990 miniseries starring Richard Thomas, Tim Reid, John Ritter, Harry Anderson, Annette O’Toole, Seth Green, Jonathan Brandis and Tim Curry as Pennywise.
Are you ready for more It? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.
ITteresting.
Hopefully more in the vein of chapter one. The humor in part 2 was terrible
For me, because it’s the book, It, that I love, the sixties is already too late, since the childhood part of the book takes place around 1958. lol.
Beep beep.
Another prequel? We’ve already had Derry Girls.
? … Thought the series ‘Derry Girls’ was about Girls coming of age in Northern Ireland … ? … (Not related to Stephen King’s Derry at all) … ?
Clearly never watched the Derry Girls
Although King never specified exactly when IT (Pennywise)arrived on earth it was long before Derry existed. I would’ve liked to see a prequel go much further back historically showing the evolution of how and why the creature developed it’s “favorite” alter-ego of Pennywise.
A Colonial-era IT would be super cool and spooky.
I would definitely watch that!
Yeah, I was wondering too when the article says the 60s is the origin on Pennywise when we know it’s been around a lot longer.
I would love, assuming this show is multiple seasons, to have each season be self-contained in a different time period dealing with It.
https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/it-prequel-series-hbo-max-1235218176/
This is great, but what I really want is for HBO max to release the uncut version of both movies IT movies
Excited! Can not wait! I’m loving Chucky on tv and I have been an IT fan since the book came out! You can count on me watching!
So when they were babies lol?
🎈WELCOME TO DERRY!🎈 …
… FINALLY!! 🎉 …
The first Part of IT has always been the Best … Read the book when “IT” (🤣) 1st came out … saw the Mini Series when it 1st aired & have enjoyed the remake movies as well … But have been waiting/hoping for MORE of the earlier stories – as well as the Origin Story for IT … Hope they don’t make us wait too long for the series to premiere …
Thank You SK & HBOMax …