All roads lead to Derry on the poster for “IT: Welcome to Derry.”
Serving as a prequel to Andy Muschietti’s IT films, the nine-episode series will float down to HBO Max in October.
San Diego Comic Con attendees will be treated to an exclusive look at footage from the first episode on July 26 at 9:15pm in the San Diego Convention Center’s Room 6DE. Andy and Barbara Muschietti will be on hand to present, and free ice cream will be served during the event.
Pennywise-inspired pedicabs will be offering free rides while brand ambassadors hand out chilling sweets throughout the San Diego Convention Center, Gaslamp Quarter, and Harbor areas on July 25-26.
Based on Mike Hanlon’s interludes from Stephen King’s 1986 novel, which document catastrophic events from the Maine town’s past, “IT: Welcome to Derry” kicks off in 1962 in the time leading up to the events of It: Chapter One.
Muschietti, who directs multiple episodes of the series, has teased that second and third seasons, if ordered by HBO, would take place in 1935 and 1908, respectively.
Taylour Paige (Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F), Jovan Adepo (“The Stand”), Chris Chalk (“Gotham”), James Remar (“Dexter”), Madeleine Stowe (“Revenge”), and Stephen Rider (“Daredevil”) will star in the upcoming series, with Bill Skarsgård returning as Pennywise the Clown.
Alixandra Fuchs (Boogeyman Pop), Kimberly Guerrero (“Reservation Dogs”), Dorian Grey (Star Trek: Discovery), Thomas Mitchell (Spiral: From the Book of Saw), BJ Harrison (“Rise of the Planet of the Apes”), Peter Outerbridge (Saw VI), Shane Marriott (“Fargo”), Chad Rook (Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City), Joshua Odjick (The Long Walk), Rudy Mancuso (The Flash), and Morningstar Angeline (“Echo”) round out the cast.
Jason Fuchs (Ice Age: Continental Drift), who wrote the teleplay for the first episode, and Brad Caleb Kane (“Crystal Lake”) serve as co-showrunners.
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