Stephen King's IT - WELCOME TO DERRY prequel series on HBO Max (2025) 0

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Our hot story this morning: The Transom has learned that HBO Max is developing an It prequel series that is tentatively titled Welcome to Derry. The series would likely explore the origin story of Pennywise the Clown as well as the dawn of the 27-year curse that haunts the small Maine town.

 

There’s no word on whether anyone from either It movie will make an appearance. Nor is it clear that this show has been greenlit. But at this point, we can say that an honest to god writer’s room is being/has been convened for the project.

 

The series makes perfect sense for HBO Max given the popularity of that It franchise, which grossed a combined $1.17 billion worldwide.

 

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As we leave Belvedere Castle behind and walk back to his hotel, Skarsgård returns to a common theme in our conversation. As much as he enjoys the moviemaking process, he doesn’t care that much for the film industry and all that comes with it. Even acting sometimes gives him the ick. “There’s something gross about it,” he says.

 

But for now at least, it’s all about the next role. From New York, he will head to Toronto, where he’s filming something. “I don’t want to spoil it,” he teases. Maybe it’s just a coincidence that a few days later, when I get Muschietti on the phone, he too is in Ontario’s capital—which happens to be where both It movies were filmed. And earlier, when I’d asked Skarsgård if he would be willing to play Pennywise again, he offered only a sheepish “maybe” in reply. Have there been discussions about when that may happen? “Maybe.”