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We’ve got our first shut take a look at HBO’s It tv prequel sequence Welcome to Derry. In some intriguing pictures, we get our first style of the present’s type and environment, which all seems very promising.
Very a lot evoking the identical nightmarish small city really feel as Andy Muschietti’s characteristic adaptions It Chapter 1 and a pair of.
The sequence is ready to take us again to 1962, the place the dreaded spectre of Pennywise the Dancing Clown will rear his head for a beforehand unseen rampage. Welcome to Derry can be set to take us additional again, allegedly together with an origin story for the long-lasting villain, performed by Invoice Skarsgard.
In a single significantly intriguing picture, we see a bunch of youngsters seated in a film theatre. Their faces look frozen in terror at one thing on the display screen… What may that be?
Moreover, we see what seems to be a police officer investigating a dank trying scene, with an indication studying “PENNYWISE” seen simply over his shoulder.
In a joint assertion, filmmakers Andy and Barbara Muschietti had the next to say about Welcome to Derry:
“It’s so wealthy with characters and occasions, we thought we might do justice to the e book and the followers by going again into this world.”
They proceed:
“Particularly, we’re telling the tales of the interludes, writings by Mike Hanlon based mostly on his investigation that features interviews he conducts with the older individuals within the city. In Welcome to Derry, we contact on the same old themes that had been talked about within the film — friendship, loss, the ability of unified perception — however this story focuses additionally on the usage of concern as a weapon, which is among the issues that can be related to our occasions.”
Welcome to Derry will star James Remar, Chris Chalk, Taylour Paige, and Madeleine Stowe. Invoice Skarsgard will return to the function of Pennywise, after beforehand denying he’d be concerned with the present, and Andy Muschietti directs 4 of the sequence’ 9 episodes.
Welcome to Derry is ready to premiere on HBO in 2025, though a precise date hasn’t but been introduced. Following its launch, the sequence will even stream on Max. We’ll let as quickly as a premiere date emerges.
