All Hell Breaks Loose In IT: WELCOME TO DERRY Trailer As HBO Sets October Premiere For Prequel TV Series

All Hell Breaks Loose In IT: WELCOME TO DERRY Trailer As HBO Sets October Premiere For Prequel TV Series

Upcoming IT prequel television series, IT: WELCOME TO DERRY, unleashes Pennywise The Clown in new teaser trailer as October premiere date set for HBO Max!

By JoshWilding - Jul 28, 2025 12:07 AM EST
Filed Under: Horror
Source: Fear HQ

A new trailer for IT: Welcome to Derry has been released following a panel at the San Diego Comic-Con yesterday evening, and it teases a sinister, demonic force in the small town, which may be there in addition to Pennywise. 

Once again, we see very little of Bill Skarsgård's killer clown, an indication perhaps that his screentime will be fairly limited. That or HBO Max is simply looking to keep the iconic monster and his role in this story under wraps (ensuring there are plenty of surprises for horror fans). 

It's also been confirmed that IT: Welcome to Derry will premiere this October, meaning we should return to Derry in time for Halloween. 

The series, from Warner Bros. Television and developed for television by filmmakers Andy Muschietti and Barbara Muschietti (ITThe Flash) and Jason Fuchs (Wonder Woman), will debut on HBO and also be available to stream on Max. Muschietti will direct four episodes of the nine-episode series.

Skarsgård previously described Welcome to Derry as being "pretty hardcore," and admitted he had some hesitancy about reprising what has become perhaps his most iconic role.

"I felt like I was done with it, in a way. It was also because I was shooting this [Nosferatu], I was doing Orlock, and, to me, it just felt like, 'This is the nail in the coffin of my monster roles,'" he explained. "So I did feel I was kind of over it and wanted to do different things. Of course, the Pennywise thing as well, I’ve been quite defined by it. I was like, 'That’s 26-year-old me.' I’m not still a young man."

"Then things changed. Barbara and Andy, the Muschiettis, are doing it. I love them. They’re very close friends. Family, even. I’m the godfather of his son. So, I love them, and that was, 'Alright, let’s bring him back.'"

Skarsgård added, "It was fun. I enjoyed it more than I thought I would, actually. There are parts of it where we got to explore sides of ‘ole Pennywise that we haven’t seen, and that’s fun. I remembered how much I enjoyed working with Andy, and we do have a lot of fun together. I think there’s some cool stuff in there that we haven’t seen that I’m excited for the people to watch and enjoy, hopefully."

Set in the world of Stephen King's IT universe, IT: Welcome to Derry is based on King's IT novel and expands the vision established by filmmaker Andy Muschietti in the feature films IT and IT Chapter Two.

The cast is led by Taylour Paige, Jovan Adepo, Chris Chalk, James Remar, Stephen Rider, Madeleine Stowe, Rudy Mancuso, and Bill Skarsgård.

Produced by HBO and Warner Bros. Television, with a story by Andy Muschietti, Barbara Muschietti, and Jason Fuchs, IT: Welcome to Derry is based on the novel IT by Stephen King.

Andy Muschietti and Barbara Muschietti (through their Double Dream production company), Jason Fuchs, Brad Caleb Kane, David Coatsworth, Bill Skarsgård, Shelley Meals, Roy Lee, and Dan Lin are executive producers. Fuchs, who wrote the teleplay for the first episode, and Kane serve as co-showrunners on the project.

IT: Welcome to Derry will premiere on HBO Max this October.

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Malatrova15
Malatrova15 - 7/28/2025, 12:09 AM
Welcome? But they aré killing the people there! Who writes this stuff!?
TheWinkler
TheWinkler - 7/28/2025, 12:17 AM
Going off two trailers, I think it looks solid as hell. I think it'll scratch the itch that Castle Rock left behind.
Pathogen
Pathogen - 7/28/2025, 10:00 AM
@TheWinkler - I tried hard to get into Castle Rock, and I've read a ton of King's work. I just couldn't do it. It felt...boring
TheWinkler
TheWinkler - 7/28/2025, 9:41 PM
@Pathogen - I've also read a ton of King's work! Season 1 was a slog to get through, I can't even lie, but season 2 was a lot more fun and made me hopeful for future installments.

Then it was canceled and that new The Stand series hit and I lost all hope for anything remotely good to come of King tv adaptions.
Pathogen
Pathogen - 7/28/2025, 11:09 PM
@TheWinkler - oh yeah. The Stand suuuucked. I couldn't finish it
TheWinkler
TheWinkler - 7/30/2025, 9:43 AM
@Pathogen - I stuck through till the end and regretted it immensely. A lot of the casting choices were solid (save for Ezra Miller) but the writing only got worse with each episode.
vectorsigma
vectorsigma - 7/28/2025, 12:36 AM
The homepage basically filled with non F4 or Superman articles (and non cbm related at that)

No one repoting BO now by the minute with hi falutin adjectives????

SHOCKED!
dragon316
dragon316 - 7/28/2025, 3:07 AM
Thought series was over heard no news on this series long time
NodrickStripson
NodrickStripson - 7/28/2025, 3:45 AM
Looks just as vanilla as the two movies.
More of the same.
ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 7/28/2025, 4:44 AM
This looks good. Glad we're getting more Derry backstory.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 7/28/2025, 5:06 AM
So the thing here is that they gotta die right?

Because otherwise it becomes like the Predator series. They can't all be the special protagonists. Those kids in the book/TV movies/Movies are the only ones that survived, aren't they?
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 7/28/2025, 6:45 AM
That looks good imo , seems more in line with the first IT which was suitable creepy & well done imo rather then the sequel which was not really that.

Anyway , the cast seems good and it’s nice to have Bill Skarsgård back as Pennywise!!.

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lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 7/28/2025, 9:17 AM
So, I guess Skarsgård had fun? Great info.
Luke8
Luke8 - 7/28/2025, 10:35 AM
Using Ya Got Trouble is a stroke of brilliance.
marvel72
marvel72 - 7/28/2025, 11:44 AM
It looks alright from the trailers.
StSteven
StSteven - 7/28/2025, 2:39 PM
Anyone else catch the Shawshank State Prison bus ("Shawshank Redemption" is one of a handful of King's non-horror movies in case you didn't know)? Nice Easter egg.
PC04
PC04 - 7/29/2025, 9:42 AM
October release!? Love it.

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