It: Welcome to Derry
Summary
Given the name of the upcoming Max television system seriesWelcome to Derry , one could infer what it would be about . However , the show ’s officialmarketing materials never address the readable link between it and the book that inspire it until HBO released a appear - in the lead video recording of its 2024 and 2025 titlesin December 2023 . Based on the series ' marketed form of address in the video , the first look substantiate it is connected to one of Stephen King ’s works . The horror project was developed by Andy Muschietti , Barbara Muschietti , and Jason Fuchs and was initially supposed to premiere in 2024 until delay related to the 2023 SAG - AFTRA rap push it back to 2025 .
Not much is known aboutWelcome to Derryexcept for the release cast inclination , which ( for now ) only includes Jovan Adepo , Chris Chalk , Taylour Paige , James Remar , Stephen Rider , and Madeleine Stowe . But even then , Max has not revealed the actors ' character reference . Of course , Welcome to Derry ’s premiere is more than a year off , so it may take a while before the cyclosis service releases any further news relate to the television show following the brief clips from the 2024 and 2025 looking at - ahead video recording .
Welcome To Derry Finally Confirms It’s About Stephen King’s IT
Max ’s " Ones to Watch in 2024 " TV showed a few clip fromthe upcoming horror telly serial , and , for the first time , it market the project ’s rubric asWelcome to Derry : From the World of IT.So , the show is formally link toIT , the pop book by Stephen King , and will in all likelihood serve as a prequel to the 2017 picture show adaption . The handful of clips from the series in Max ’s video include a mathematical group of children tantalise their wheel through Ithiel Town , a mysterious woman in a forest , a scary hand emerging from the water to grab a boy , and a world ascertain as the infamous red balloon floats .
There are many mysteries skirt IT ’s Pennywise , among them why youngster are its best-loved victims – but this can be solve in a prequel .
Why Welcome To Derry Is Set In The 1960s
The writers of the Max horror television receiver serial pushed its timeline back to the sixties to tell the origin story of Pennywise the Clown since some of the early event in Stephen King ’s book happened during that decade .
Welcome to Derrytakes place more than 20 year before the case ofITand 40 years beforeIT Chapter Two , and the storey occurs in the sixties for good reason . The writer of the Max horror television series pushed its timeline back to the sixties to tell the root story of Pennywise the Clown since some of the other events in Stephen King ’s book happened during that decade . Viewers will get to see how Pennywise ’s story first started .
Unfortunately , the actor toy Pennywise in the show is unknownas of the writing of this article . Some speculate that Bill Skarsgård will recapitulate his theatrical role as the villain intheITprequel series , but Max has not confirmed his involvement in the undertaking . Skarsgård previously rival on the subject and revealed he was not attached to the streaming show . Nevertheless , someone will asterisk as Pennywise inWelcome to Derry , and only time will tell who it will be .
receive to Derryis scheduled to premiere in 2025 .
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