HBO Max has released a scary new red-band trailer for It: Welcome to Derry, which offers up a lot of nw footage that continues to tease the stoy that takes us into Stephen King’s terrifying world of Pennywise and the town of Derry.
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 explained: “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.”
It: Welcome to Derrypremieres on HBO on October 26th.
