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IT: Welcome to Derry Season 1
IT: Welcome to Derry Season 1 premiered on October 26, 2025, on HBO and HBO Max. It is a prequel to the IT films, exploring the origins of Pennywise in 1960s Derry.
🎬 Movie Overview
- Title: IT: Welcome to Derry
- Season: 1
- Premiere Date: October 26, 2025
- Network: HBO, HBO Max
- Genre: Supernatural Horror, Psychological Thriller
- Language: English
- Country: United States
- Based on: It by Stephen King
- Related Works: It (2017, 2019 films)
👥 Cast
- Mikkal Karim Fidler
- Joshua Odjick
- Bill Skarsgård (rumored cameo as Pennywise)
- Jovan Adepo as Major Leroy Hanlon
- Taylour Paige as Charlotte Hanlon
🎬 Crew
- Creators: Jason Fuchs, Andy Muschietti, Barbara Muschietti
- Directors: Andy Muschietti (multiple episodes)
- Executive Producers: Andy Muschietti, Barbara Muschietti, Jason Fuchs
- Production Companies: HBO, Warner Bros. Television
📖 Plot Summary
Set in 1962, decades before the events of It, the series follows the Hanlon family as they move to Derry, Maine, just as a young boy mysteriously disappears. The town’s dark history begins to unravel, revealing the roots of the evil that manifests as Pennywise the Dancing Clown. With themes of fear, trauma, and prejudice, the show expands Stephen King’s mythology, exploring how terror took hold in Derry long before the Losers’ Club.
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