From its gory first episode—which started and ended with kids falling victim to the fearsome entity known as Pennywise the Clown—It: Welcome to Derry let viewers know to expect no-holds-barred horror. And it certainly delivered; we’ll never look at a jar of pickles the same way again. Based on Stephen King’s It, the show was […]
The Two ‘It’ Movies May Finally Get Their Extended Cut
As audiences rave over It: Welcome to Derry, the two It films that preceded it may make a comeback. During a recent Reddit AMA, director Andy Muschietti was asked about his previously discussed “extended cut” that combined his duology into a single (and pretty long) movie. He first talked about this back in 2019 prior to It Chapter Two, […]
The ‘Welcome to Derry’ Premiere Was HBO’s Third-Biggest Hit
HBO’s genre dramas are often a big deal, and so far, Welcome to Derry is no exception. Per the Hollywood Reporter, the first episode of the It prequel amassed 5.7 million cross-platform viewers over three days. It’s the third-biggest series debut in HBO history, coming behind the pilots for 2022’s House of the Dragon and The Last of Us […]
Stephen King Gave His Blessing for ‘It: Welcome to Derry’ to Do Whatever It Wanted
Stephen King hasn’t always been supportive of adaptations of his works that make major changes to them—Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining is the best-known example. But he’s also not unilaterally opposed to alterations; he was a fan of Cujo‘s more upbeat ending and was an even bigger fan of The Mist‘s far more devastating conclusion. Most […]
The Creative Minds Behind ‘It: Welcome to Derry’ Tease the Return of Pennywise
As Stephen King fans well know, Pennywise the Dancing Clown emerges every 27 years to feast on the people of Derry, especially the younger generation. That’s why It: Welcome to Derry takes place in 1962, 27 years before the 1989 events of Andy Muschietti’s 2017 It feature film, and 54 years before the 2016 setting […]
‘It: Welcome to Derry’ Creators Know the Opening Scene Will Shock You
We’re just a few weeks away from the arrival of It: Welcome to Derry, but fans at San Diego Comic-Con this summer and this past weekend’s New York Comic Con have gotten some early glimpses of what to expect from the Stephen King series. At SDCC, HBO revealed the show’s very first scene, and io9 […]