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===Music===

===Music===

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==Marketing==

==Marketing==

American supernatural horror television series

It: Welcome to Derry is an American supernatural horror television series based on Stephen King‘s 1986 novel It. Serving as a prequel to the films It (2017) and It Chapter Two (2019), the series was developed by Andy Muschietti, Barbara Muschietti and Jason Fuchs, all of whom were involved in the It films. The series stars Taylour Paige, Jovan Adepo, Chris Chalk, James Remar, Stephen Rider, Clara Stack, Amanda Christine, and Mikkal Karim-Fidler, with Bill Skarsgård reprising his role as Pennywise from the films and serving as an executive producer on the series.

Andy and Barbara Muschietti along with Fuchs began developing an It television series in March 2022. After receiving a production commitment later that November, Fuchs and Brad Kane were hired as showrunners. The series was greenlit in February 2023, with Andy Muschietti attached to direct multiple episodes, including the pilot episode, and Fuchs as a writer. Casting began later in April, including Skarsgård being cast in May 2024. Filming for the series began in May 2023 but was halted in July due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike; it concluded in August 2024.

It: Welcome to Derry premiered on HBO on October 26, 2025. The series received generally positive reviews from critics for its production value, direction, opening title sequence, and performances (particularly those of Skarsgård, Chalk, and the younger actors), but received criticism for its visual effects and some writing choices.

Premise

In 1962, a couple with their son move to Derry, Maine just as a young boy disappears. With their arrival, bad things begin to happen in the town.[2]

Cast and characters

Main

  • Taylour Paige as Charlotte Hanlon, an activist, Leroy’s wife and Will’s mother[3]
  • Jovan Adepo as Leroy Hanlon, a US Air Force Major, Charlotte’s husband and Will’s father. An older Leroy was portrayed by Steven Williams in It (2017).[3]
  • James Remar as Francis Shaw, Leroy’s superior officer who is a US Air Force Lieutenant General and is searching for a “weapon” in hopes of ending the Cold War[4]
  • Stephen Rider as Hank Grogan, Ronnie’s father and the projectionist at the local cinema[5]
  • Matilda Lawler as Marge Truman, Lilly’s friend who is afraid of no longer being with the popular ones. An older Marge was portrayed by Janet Porter in It Chapter Two (2019).
  • Amanda Christine as Veronica “Ronnie” Grogan, Hank’s daughter who befriends Lilly
  • Clara Stack as Lillian “Lilly” Bainbridge, a girl dealing with the death of her father, an absent mother, and guilt
  • Blake Cameron James as Will Hanlon, Leroy and Charlotte’s son, future father of Mike Hanlon, and science enthusiast who finds it difficult to adapt to Derry[4]
  • Arian Cartaya as Rich Santos,[6] a Cuban American who befriends Will and has a crush on Marge
  • Miles Ekhardt as Matty Clements, a boy who disappears when Pennywise awakens
  • Mikkal Karim-Fidler as Teddy Uris, Phil’s best friend who comes from a Jewish family
  • Jack Molloy Legault as Phil Malkin, Teddy’s best friend and a conspiracy theorist
  • Matilda Legault as Susie Malkin, Phil’s younger sister
  • Chris Chalk as Dick Hallorann, an Airman 1st Class with telepathic and clairvoyant skills who helps the Air Force search for a “weapon”. An older Hallorann was portrayed by Scatman Crothers in The Shining (1980) and Carl Lumbly in Doctor Sleep (2019).[3]
  • Peter Outerbridge as Clint Bowers, Derry’s corrupt police chief
  • Madeleine Stowe as Ingrid Kersh / Periwinkle,[7] the head housekeeper at Juniper Hill Asylum and Bob Gray’s daughter who befriends Lilly
    • Tyner Rushing as young Ingrid in 1935
    • Emma-Leigh Cullum as child Ingrid in 1908
    • Joan Gregson as an elderly Ingrid in 1988, reprising her role from It Chapter Two. This was her final role, following her death in June 2025.[8]
  • Bill Skarsgård as Pennywise, an evil shapeshifting creature that sows chaos in Derry
    • Skarsgård also portrays Bob Gray, the original human Pennywise from 1908

Recurring

  • Rudy Mancuso as Captain Pauly Russo, Leroy Hanlon’s partner and best friend in the army[4]
  • Alixandra Fuchs as Teresa “Terri” Bainbridge, Lilly’s mother
  • Thomas Mitchell as Colonel Fuller, a military colonel involved in General Shaw’s mission
  • Maya McNair as Patricia “Patty” Stanton, the leader of the Pattycakes, a group of mean girls, who play cruel pranks to be the center of attention
  • Hannah Storey as Rhonda Chambers, a Pattycake and friend of Patty and Elaine
  • Maya Misaljevic as Elaine Morrison, a Pattycake and friend of Patty and Rhonda
  • Kimberly Guerrero as Rose, a Native American woman who owns a pawn shop and has a history with Shaw[9]
    • Violet Sutherland as young Rose in 1908
  • Joshua Odjick as Taniel, Rose’s nephew
    • Tres Garcia as young Taniel
  • Chad Rook as Sergeant Masters, a racist military sergeant who has tension with Leroy
  • Shane Marriott as Reggie Davis, a friend of Hallorann at the military base
  • Dorian Grey as Loverboy Jax, a friend of Hallorann at the military base
  • Richard Walters as Airman Jacobs, a friend of Hallorann at the military base
  • Liam Seamus Murphy as Morris Bainbridge, Lilly’s father, who died in a pickle factory accident
    • Andrew Morgado provides the voice of Morris
  • Lazzelle Gelias as Rose Hallorann, the deceased grandmother of Hallorann
  • Wayne Charles Baker as John, a Native American chief in Derry
  • Morningstar Angeline as Sesqui, a past Native American warrior
  • Kiawentiio as Necani, Sesqui’s daughter
  • Larry Day as Stan Kersh, the local butcher and Ingrid’s husband
  • Lindsay Merrithew as Tibbs, Derry’s councilman
  • Peter Deiwick as Al Malkin, Phil and Susie’s father

Guest

  • Finley Burke as Dan Uris, Teddy’s brother and future father of Stan Uris. An older Dan was portrayed by Ari Cohen in It.
  • Audrey Wellington as Arlene, a teenage girl who is in the car that picks up Matty
  • Lochlan Ray Miller as Ray, a child who is in the car that picks up Matty
  • Robert Clarke as Dunleavy, Derry’s High School principal
  • BJ Harrison as Louella Grogan, Ronnie’s grandmother and Hank’s mother
  • Ryan J. O’Callaghan as Mr. Keene, a young pharmacist. An older Keene was portrayed by Joe Bostick in It and It Chapter Two.
  • Andrew Moodie as Andy Hallorann, the deceased abusive grandfather of Hallorann
  • Moni Ogunsuyi as Noreen, Loverboy Jax’s date
  • Madeleine Cox as Mabel, a Juniper Hill patient who encounters Pennywise in 1935
  • Andoni Gracia as Mr. Santos, Rich’s father
  • Sophia Lillis as Beverly Marsh, a teenage girl and future member of the Losers’ Club, reprising her role from It and It Chapter Two.

Episodes

Production

Development

In March 2022, Variety reported that Andy Muschietti, Barbara Muschietti and Jason Fuchs were developing and serving as executive producers of a prequel television series of the film It (2017) for HBO Max, titled Welcome to Derry. It was to take place in the 1960s before the events of the film and would also include the origin story of Pennywise.[17][18] It received a production commitment in November 2022, and Fuchs and Brad Caleb Kane were hired as co-showrunners.[19] The series was given a greenlight in February 2023, with Andy Muschietti directing multiple episodes, including the pilot written by Fuchs.[20] Bill Skarsgård serves as an executive producer.[21]

In January 2026, it was announced that a second season is in the works, pending to be greenlit.[22] Following speculation about the delay in the second season renewal, HBO head Casey Bloys mentioned that it was due to the time it takes to find the right story, since there’s no “book that you’re basing it on,” but that it is not in limbo and will be made with the right story.[23]

Writing

In a January 2025 interview with Radio TU, Andy Muschietti revealed details about the source material and longer-term plans. He said that the series is based on interlude chapters from the It novel, noting that “there’s a reason why the story is told backwards.”[24][25] Muschietti mentioned that with the first season they are only “opening a window” of the story and that it will really “manifest” in the second and third seasons.[26] The series will also focus on why Pennywise stays in Derry when he could go “somewhere else” and how he takes advantage of children because adults do not understand what happens to them.[27] Executive producer Jason Fuchs said that the plan, apart from revealing the origin of Pennywise, is also the origin of the “cursed town”. For Fuchs, Derry is also the entity “in many ways” because Pennywise “actually predates Derry”. If given the opportunity, the planned seasons would leave a “different understanding of the creature, the town’s rules, and what motivates It”.[5]

Muschietti stated that the second season will be set in 1935 and will focus on the Bradley Gang massacre and the Great Depression in Derry, introducing new characters and younger versions of characters from the first season.[28]

Casting

Bill Skarsgård reprises his role as Pennywise from the films.

In April 2023, Jovan Adepo, Chris Chalk, Taylour Paige, and James Remar joined the cast in starring roles.[18] Stephen Rider joined as a series regular and Madeleine Stowe as a recurring guest.[29] In May 2024, Bill Skarsgård was cast to reprise his starring role as Pennywise.[21] The following month, Alixandra Fuchs, Kimberly Norris Guerrero, Dorian Grey, Thomas Mitchell, BJ Harrison, Peter Outerbridge, Shane Marriott, Chad Rook, Joshua Odjick, and Morningstar Angeline were cast in recurring capacities.[30] In July, Rudy Mancuso was cast in a recurring role.[31]

Filming

Principal photography began in Toronto, Hamilton and Port Hope in May 2023, with the shooting title Greetings from Fairview, and was expected to continue through December.[32][33][34] Scenes were shot at the Delta Secondary School.[35] In mid-July 2023, production was suspended due to the SAG-AFTRA strike.[36] In August 2024, it was reported that production on the series had concluded,[37][38] and the series title, It: Welcome to Derry, was announced.[39] Barbara Muschietti revealed the difficulty of returning to film the series with the child cast after the 2023 Hollywood strikes because they were “in a state of spontaneous growth”.[5] She estimated that “90% of three episodes” were filmed before production shut down and they had to come back to work in a different season and climate. “This is a summer show”, she noted, “but suddenly it wasn’t a summer show any more. We had to create a different finale with a different climate”.[40]

Music

In May 2025, it was reported that Benjamin Wallfisch, the composer of the films, would score the series.[41] Four volumes of the soundtrack were released to streaming platforms from November to December 2025: The first volume, consisting of music from the first two episodes, on November 2;[42] the second volume of music from the third and fourth episodes on November 17;[43] The third volume of music from the fifth and sixth episodes on December 1;[44] and the fourth volume on December 15, containing the music from the final two episodes.[45]

Marketing

The first teaser was released on May 20, 2025.[46] Part of the cast and director Andy Muschietti attended the 2025 San Diego Comic-Con to talk about the season and a teaser was shown to attendees, being released to the public the following day.[2] The official trailer was released on September 23, showing a full look at Pennywise.[47] Muschietti and some of the cast attended New York Comic-Con to talk about the season.[9] A red band trailer was released on October 14.[48]

Release

It: Welcome to Derry premiered on HBO on October 26, 2025, with subsequent episodes airing weekly.[49] It was previously slated to stream exclusively on HBO Max in 2024.[50]

Reception

Critical response

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 81% of 160 critics’ reviews are positive. The website’s consensus reads: “While scattered plotting occasionally drains the fear from its chilling premise, It: Welcome to Derry compellingly deepens the myth of Pennywise through sharp social commentary, a dreadful atmosphere, and committed performances.”[51] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the series a score of 61 out of 100, based on 30 critics, indicating “generally favorable” reviews.[52]

Chris Hayner for Polygon called the series an “excellent prequel” and said that he was more interested in the lore of Derry and the influence of Pennywise on it than in the films. He mentioned how the violence was “plenty graphic” and how Pennywise terrorizes and controls the town “through other methods”.[53]

Chris Evangelista for /Film criticized the show’s attempt to answer every mystery that is presented, even those that “no one was asking” and that it is not necessary to reveal Pennywise’s origin since “things like that should defy a reasonable explanation”, but praised that “it is consistently bloody” and that Bill Skarsgård does not appear in every episode, with Pennywise seen more as a “shape-shifting creature” that “enhances the show” with a higher variety of scares. He stated that the series would “satisfy hungry horror fans”.[54]

Jack Hamilton for Slate dubbed the series “a baffling, half-baked mess”, complimenting the acting performances of the adult cast and highlighting some standout horror sequences, but criticized the “one-dimensional” writing for the child characters, overly complex plotting, “dated” representation of Native Americans in the United States, weak fanservice and “ham-fisted forays into socio-historical commentary”.[55]

Lucy Mangan of The Guardian awarded the series three out of five stars, calling the “demonic, liver-eating baby… horrifying”, and concluding that “horror fans and fans of King’s themes would likely enjoy the series [but] its visceral elements [may] push viewers’ tolerance”.[56]

Audience viewership

It: Welcome to Derry garnered 5.7 million viewers in its first 3 days, becoming the third most-watched debut on the platform, behind only House of the Dragon and The Last of Us.[57] The premiere of the penultimate episode was seen by 5.8 million viewers, with the average audience of the episodes was 10.7 million viewers per episode, with a 60% increase in audience with each episode.[58] The season finale was the most-watched episode with 6.5 million viewers, a 12% increase over the previous record holder. It officially remained in the top three series debuts, and the season was considered a success.[59]

Accolades

Notes

  1. ^ The second episode was released online on HBO’s streaming service on October 31, to coincide with Halloween, and was released on normal broadcast television on November 2.[12]
  2. ^ As explained by Will’s son Mike in It (2017)
  3. ^ As depicted in It Chapter Two (2019)

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