What’s happened: HBO has taken audiences back to Derry with a frightening new trailer for It: Welcome to Derry, the new series based on director Andy Muschietti’s horror film, It.
- The trailer features Charlotte (Taylour Paige) and Leroy Hanlon (Jovan Adepo), grandparents of Mike Hanlon from the original two It films, as they move to Derry.
- A group of kids investigates and confronts Pennywise the Clown (Bill Skarsgård), who has kidnapped and killed several people in Derry.
- The Hanlons are also seen speaking with Dick Hallorann (Chris Chalk), the Overlook Hotel’s psychic cook from The Shining and Doctor Sleep.
This is important because: It: Welcome to Derry is a prequel series that showcases more of the origins of Pennywise during his rampage through Derry in the 1960s, 27 years before the events of Muschietti’s It.
- It: Welcome to Derry is also based on the novel by legendary author Stephen King.
- Muschietti has directed four episodes in the series.
- Hallorann’s appearance in the trailer aligns with King’s book, which shows the former rescuing Mike’s father from the Black Spot fire caused by a white supremacist group.
- It is very clear that the show’s story will draw significantly from the interludes featured in King’s book, delving deeper into Derry’s dark history with Pennywise.
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Why should I care? It: Welcome to Derry has teased an exciting new chapter in the ever-popular It franchise, which could make for a successful new show for HBO.
- 2017’s It achieved rave reviews and became the highest-grossing horror film of all time.
- It: Welcome to Derry will follow new characters in a different era of American history, which should help deliver a fresh installment to the It franchise.
- Following the acclaim of The Life of Chuck, The Monkey, and The Long Walk, the hype generated for It: Welcome to Derry could make for another successful Stephen King adaptation in 2025.
OK, what’s next? The first episode of It: Welcome to Derry will premiere on HBO on October 26, 2025.
- The show’s first season will consist of nine episodes, premiering on a weekly basis.
- The series will also be available to stream on HBO Max.
