‘IT: Welcome to Derry’ Explained: The Many Stephen King Connections & References in Episode Two

WARNING: The following contains major spoilers for It, It: Chapter Two, and It: Welcome to Derry. The inaugural episode of It: Welcome to Derry introduced us to the sinister town via a lumbering, airborne mutant baby slaughtering a theaterful of screaming kids. Episode 2, “The Thing in the Dark,” debuts a strangely charming opening credits […]

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‘IT: Welcome to Derry’ Explained: The Many Stephen King Connections & References in Episode One

WARNING: The following contains major spoilers for It, It: Chapter Two, and It: Welcome to Derry. Many Constant Readers believe that, despite publishing more than eighty titles in the last fifty years, Stephen King is actually writing a single, massive novel. His sprawling worlds may twist through a multitude of dimensions, but many of his […]

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‘IT: Welcome to Derry’ Episode 2 Will Premiere Two Days Early on Halloween Morning! [Trailer]

HBO revealed during the premiere episode of “IT: Welcome to Derry” last night that the show’s second episode, expected this coming Sunday, will actually be releasing two days earlier. While new episodes of “Welcome to Derry” will typically premiere on HBO and HBO Max on Sunday nights, the second episode will be available for streaming […]

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‘It: Welcome to Derry’ Review – Pennywise Prequel Brings Familiar Freakshow Back to Town

Expansion goes awry in prequel series It: Welcome to Derry. Set 27 years before the Losers Club first confronted the child-eating trans-dimensional entity, and 54 years before they’d return as adults to destroy it for good, not much has changed in Stephen King‘s fictional Maine town. To bypass the prequel’s narrative constraints, developed by Andy Muschietti […]

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Pennywise Won’t Appear in ‘IT: Welcome to Derry’ Until Later in the Season

Bill Skarsgård will return as Pennywise in “IT: Welcome to Derry,” but don’t expect to see the dancing clown until later in season. “It is a shapeshifting creature, and in the movies there’s only so much space to see those non-Pennywise manifestations,” co-showrunner Jason Fuchs tells EW. Director and co-creator Andy Muschietti, who likens the […]

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Andy Muschietti Teases the Black & White Action-Horror Movie He Hopes to Make Someday

Siblings Andy Muschietti and Barbara Muschietti have become power players in the horror field with films including Mama, IT: Chapter One and IT: Chapter Two under their belt, and they’re next making their mark on television with a return to the world of Stephen King with HBO Max series “IT: Welcome to Derry,” a prequel […]

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Down With the Clown: Watch Terrifying New ‘IT: Welcome to Derry’ Red Band Trailer

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” […]

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‘IT: Welcome to Derry’ Spawns a Massive Merch Line Including Toys, Makeup & Clothing! [Exclusive]

One of the hottest new horror arrivals of the Halloween season is the premiere of HBO Original Series “IT: Welcome to Derry” on HBO and HBO Max on October 26, and while you wait, Warner Bros. Discovery Global Consumer Products is previewing their massive line of merch tied to the series. Launching through fall just in […]

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HBO Max Gets into Halloween Spirit with “Face Your Demons” Collection

October is here! Which means peak Halloween season is now underway, and HBO Max is celebrating accordingly with a frightening new campaign: “Face Your Demons.” Launching today and continuing throughout October, the streamer has curated a one-stop horror experience to keep you busy all Halloween season long. Throughout the October, HBO Max aims to bring […]

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Visit the Town Everyone’s Dying to See on a New ‘It: Welcome to Derry’ Poster

The new artwork for “It: Welcome to Derry” evokes vintage Americana in the style of a Norman Rockwell painting — but with a sinister twist. Visit the town everyone’s dying to see when the eight-episode prequel series premieres on Sunday, October 26, at 9pm ET/PT on HBO and HBO Max. Serving as an expansion of […]

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