They joined the circus and left their town. Now they’re down here… with the clown. The brand new RED BAND trailer for “IT: Welcome to Derry” has arrived, and it’s loaded with terrifying new imagery including Pennywise and his many forms. Give it a watch down below.
The eight-episode prequel series “IT: Welcome to Derry” premieres Sunday, October 26, at 9pm ET/PT on HBO and will also be available to stream on HBO Max.
New episodes will debut weekly leading up to the season finale on December 14.
Serving as an expansion of Andy Muschietti’s IT films based on Stephen King‘s 1986 novel, the first season is set in 1962. Muschietti himself directs multiple episodes.
“Welcome to Derry” will kick off its story in 1962 in the time leading up to the events of It: Chapter One (2017). From there, the planned second and third seasons will jump back in time and take place in their own distinct decades. The series is based on Mike Hanlon’s interludes from King’s book, which document “catastrophic events” from Derry, Maine’s past.
If the first season of “Welcome to Derry” ends up being a hit for Max, the second season would jump back in time to 1935, while the planned third season would take place in 1908.
Bill Skarsgård returns as Pennywise, alongside Jovan Adepo (“The Stand”), Taylour Paige (The Toxic Avenger), Chris Chalk (“Gotham”), James Remar (“Dexter”), Stephen Rider (“Daredevil”), Madeleine Stowe (“Revenge”), and Rudy Mancuso (The Flash).
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), and Morningstar Angeline (“Echo”) round out the cast.
It: Chapter Two co-producer Jason Fuchs, who wrote the teleplay for the first episode, and Brad Caleb Kane (Peacock’s upcoming “Crystal Lake”) serve as co-showrunners.
