HBO Renews ‘IT: Welcome to Derry’ for Season 2!
Pennywise is back, and it didn’t even taken 27 years this time! HBO has announced IT: Welcome to Derry will return for season 2.
Pennywise is back! And it didn’t even take 27 years this time.
After much speculation, HBO Max has announced that IT: Welcome to Derry has been renewed for a second season!
No shocker there, considering we’ve been hearing discussions about it for months. Plus, since its debut, the series has ranked among the top four series premieres globally in HBO Max history.
Here’s the official logline: 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. Season two takes place in 1935 during the Great Depression and centers on the bloody massacre of the Bradley Gang, a group of bank robbers who stop in Derry to buy ammo and end up facing unimaginable horror.
Executive producers are Andy Muschietti and Barbara Muschietti (through their Double Dream production company), Brad Caleb Kane, Roy Lee, Dan Lin, Jamie Travis, and Dhana Gilbert.
Kane will serve as the sole showrunner on season two after handling duties with Jason Fuchs during the first season.
The first season followed events in the 1960s, a period that leads up to the events of the first film in the It series.
It stars Jovan Adepo, Chris Chalk, Taylour Paige, James Remar, Stephen Rider, and Bill Skarsgård.
No word yet on the season two cast, but I have to assume Skarsgård will return as Pennywise.
Said Andy and Barbara Muschietti, “Continuing to explore and expand on the amazing world Stephen King created is an absolute privilege. The support of our partners at HBO and Warner Bros. Television is priceless. Boy do we love our jobs!”
Added Sarah Aubrey, Head of HBO Max Original Programming, “We are excited to return to the chilling world of Derry and to further expand on Andy and Barbara Muschietti’s horrifically iconic adaptation. Together with Brad Caleb Kane, they will break new ground in season two, deepening the terror, the mystery, and the unforgettable Pennywise lore that fans love to devour.”