Welcome to Derry, the upcoming It prequel series, has received its first terrifying look the same night as the Season 2 finale of House of the Dragon.
Despite Bill Skarsgård’s Pennywise the Clown not making an appearance, these six seconds of footage set the tone for a series that’s not for the faint of heart.
This ain’t America. This is Derry.
The @HBO Original Series #ItWelcomeToDerry is coming soon to Max. pic.twitter.com/4yO3tSGyUA
— Max (@StreamOnMax) August 5, 2024
Alongside a good view of the ‘Welcome to Derry, Maine: Birthplace of Paul Bunyan’ sign, we see a group of terrified people – some covered in blood and some type of goo – and an older child with a creepy smile that will haunt my dreams tonight for sure.
Welcome to Derry will serve as a prequel to the recent It films by director Andy Muschietti. While it was first reported that Bill Skarsgård would not be returning as Pennywise, things seemingly changed and now he will be returning once more as the iconic clown.
The horror series is set to have nine episodes when it arrives at some point in 2025, and Muschietti will be directing four of them.
For more, check out our review of It and It: Chapter Two, as well as the teaser trailers for both Season 2 of The Last of Us and the Game of Thrones spin-off A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.
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