Los Angeles, “It: Welcome to Derry”, a prequel series based in the world of popular horror franchise “IT”, has been renewed for a second season at American network HBO.
The horror show, based on celebrated author Stephen King’s “IT” novel, premiered in October 2025 and received positive response from both fans and the critics. Set in 1962 in the fictional town of Derry, Maine, the first season detailed the experiences of the town’s residents with the evil shape-shifting clown, Pennywise, a role that actor Bill Skarsgard reprised from the films.
According to the official logline, season two will go back in time to 1935 and take place during the Great Depression.
The story centres 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, it added. “It: Welcome to Derry” is developed by filmmaker Andy Muschietti, who kickstarted the franchise with the 2017 film “IT” and then directed “IT: Chapter Two”, along with his sister Barbara and Jason Fuchs, who also served as the co-showrunner alongside Brad Caleb Kane.
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