It has been an extended look forward to the spinoff collection of Andy Muschietti’s It movies, however the brand new full-length trailer for IT: Welcome to Derry is lastly right here. A lot of the present’s attraction, greater than anything, stems from Muschietti’s involvement, with the author and director closely invested within the collection from early in its manufacturing. The brand new trailer comes simply in time for the beginning of fall, and the collection has additionally set an appropriately spooky launch date of October 26.
Whereas the primary story of the IT movies happened in 1989 (Chapter One) and 2016 (Chapter Two), IT: Welcome to Derry will discover the darker corners of Derry, Maine, in 1962. Whereas Stephen King’s unique novel had the childhood portion of the novel happen within the late 50s, the film variations modernized it in order that the grownup Losers’ Membership happened within the modern-day. The Sixties-set story will discover extra disappearances brought on by Invoice Skarsgård’s killer clown Pennywise. In addition to starring within the collection, Skarsgård can even function government producer of the present.
The brand new trailer (which could be seen beneath) supplies loads of seems at Derry within the 60’s in addition to an early type of Skarsgård’s Pennywise earlier than he absolutely developed into the terrifying clown seen within the IT movies. What makes the collection extra attention-grabbing is the way it will seemingly tie in some very real-life horrors with the supernatural terror of Pennywise. The arrival of the Hanlon household (performed by Taylour Paige and Jovan Adepo) within the Derry group comes at a time of strife and stress as a consequence of lacking kids, bringing to mild racial tensions and prejudices.
‘IT: Welcome to Derry’ Will Discover Uncharted Territory Not Seen in Stephen King’s Novel
A lot of the dialogue surrounding IT: Welcome to Derry revolves round how intently the collection will adhere to King’s lore concerning the evil entity, which was described within the unique novel as current lengthy earlier than humanity even got here into existence. Being billions of years previous, the evil entity that will ultimately take the type of Pennywise the clown had existed lengthy earlier than Derry was established. Regardless of the case, Mushcetti has teased up to now that future seasons of Welcome to Derry might happen even additional up to now, doubtlessly extrapolating Pennywise’s existence throughout completely different time intervals.
The horror-focused trailer will undoubtedly assist to get followers of the style to tune in when the collection premieres on HBO Max on October 26. Hopefully, the primary season of IT: Welcome to Derry will show profitable sufficient that future installments can discover extra horror via the lens of various characters and a long time. Furthermore, with the collection not being a direct adaptation of King’s work, even probably the most die-hard followers will not know what to anticipate going into the collection. Now with a number of episodes’ value of screentime, Skarsgård has much more of a chance to terrify viewers.
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October 26, 2025
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HBO
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Andy Muschietti