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Pennywise is back: Here’s your first look at spin off TV show, It: Welcome to Derry

More chilling Pennywise tales to be told, this time on TV.

01 November 2024

Ready to be terrified by Pennywise the Clown all over again? Here’s your first look at It: Welcome to Derry, a new spin-off TV show that delves deeper into the mystery behind one of Stephen King’s most enduring horrors.

It: Welcome to Derry will explore the tragedy of the Black Spot, which in the It novel is revealed as one of the earlier manifestations of the clown’s evil doings. Here are the first images from the show, as shared by Entertainment Weekly:


As with the novel, It: Welcome to Derry will see one of the young ‘Losers Club’ of kids, Mike Hanlon, hear the story of the Black Spot relayed by his dying father — a disaster in which a club serving Derry’s black community was burned down with patrons trapped inside. As Mike comes to realise, the same Pennywise the Clown terrorising his friendship group and community may well have been responsible for inspiring the racist mob behind the deathly fire, too.

The series will see director Andy Muschietti and his producer sister Barbara — responsible for 2017’s It and 2019’s It: Chapter Two — reunite with creepy-clown star Bill Skarsgård as Pennywise for the nine-episode prequel series. The Muschietti’s act as showrunners, with Andy Muschietti directing four of the nine episodes.

Also joining the cast will be Chris Chalk, James Remar, Stephen Rider, Madeleine Stowe, and Rudy Mancuso. As with the recent movies, the Muschiettis shift the It timeline up a few decades — so the novel’s Black Spot tragedy will play out in the early 1960s, rather than the 1930s as it does in the novels. Perfect for some nostalgic costuming and soundtrack choices.

It: Welcome to Derry, hits HBO and the Max streaming platform in 2025. No word yet on its UK home — though history shows Sky getting first dibs on any HBO output. We’ll keep you posted on where it ends up.

Image Credits: Brooke Palmer / MAX