Last Updated on May 23, 2025 by Angel Melanson
HBO Max (yes, the HBO is back!) has unleashed the first official full teaser trailer for IT: Welcome to Derry, the upcoming Stephen King-approved IT prequel series from Andy Muschietti, who directs and leads the series alongside Barbara Muschietti and Jason Fuchs.
Today's new teaser finally gives us a teeny tiny glimpse at returning star Bill Skarsgård donned up in his Pennywise garb, teasing his “hardcore” new spin on the infamous creepy clown.
Joining Skarsgård in It: Welcome to Derry are Taylour Paige (Zola, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom), Jovan Adepo (Babylon, Watchmen), Chris Chalk (Perry Mason, Godzilla vs. Kong) and James Remar (Creepshow, Oppenheimer).
Warner Bros. Television's It: Welcome to Derry kicks off in 1962, with a nine-episode first season set to expand the world established by Muschietti in It (2017) and It Chapter Two (2019). If all goes to plan, Welcome to Derry could potentially end up being a three season show, with a second season planned to be set in 1935, and a third in 1908. This all depends if the first season is a hit, of course.
Per a previous interview with Muschietti:
It’s a story that’s based on the interludes of the book. The interludes are basically chapters that reflect Mike Hanlon’s research. They’re fragments of his research. For 27 years, it’s the guy trying to figure out what it is, what did it, who did it, who saw it, and all that stuff.
So they talk about catastrophic events from the past, like the fire in the Black Spot…. the massacre of the Bradley Gang, a gang of bank robbers in the ’30s… and the explosion of the Kitchener Ironworks […] Every time Pennywise comes out of hibernation, there is a catastrophic event that happens at the beginning of that cycle.We are basing the three seasons of this series on each of these catastrophic events.
Watch the new teaser trailer for It: Welcome to Derry below and stay tuned for further updates.
