The first footage of the new Stephen King‘s IT prequel series Welcome to Derry has been released, and we have the video for you to take a gander at.
The series, currently being developed by director Andy Muschietti, is set before the events of It: Chapter 1 and It: Chapter 2, and although there’s not a whole lot to go on so far, I’m pretty excited by the prospect of a Pennywise origins show!
Previously, when talking about the mythology of the story, Muschietti was quoted saying:
There is a whole mythology to the book though…Mythology is something that always has opportunities to explore. It [aka Pennywise] has been on Earth for millions of years. He’s been in contact with humans for hundreds of years, every 27 years. So you can imagine the amount of material. It’s always exciting to think of eventually exploring this mythology. It’s very exciting. But, for now, there’s nothing on the table.
There’s so much potential for this series, because Pennywise has been this shapeshifting cryptid of a creature killing the good people of Derry for many hundreds of years. And because of that, Derry has always felt more than a little bit… off.
It arrived on Earth in a massive cataclysmic event similar to an asteroid impact, landing in a location in North America that would eventually become Derry, Maine. Once people settled over this location, It adopted its usual pattern of a 27-30 year hibernation, waking to kill and eat. Each awakening and return to hibernation is sometimes marked by a violent act, such as a mass murder or weather event. In the period between, a series of child murders occurring in Derry are never solved. It is outwardly explained that a series of murders, no matter how gruesome, don’t get reported if they happen in the small town. However, the real reason is that the influence of It prevents anyone from investigating too deeply.
Watch the official trailer below:
The cast for Welcome to Derry will include Taylour Paige (Zola, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom), Jovan Adepo (Babylon, Watchmen), Chris Chalk (Perry Mason, All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt), James Remar (Oppenheimer, Megalopolis), Madeleine Stowe (12 Monkeys, The Last of the Mohicans, Revenge) and Stephen Rider (Daredevil).
The show will be streaming on Max sometime in 2025 (TBC).
Source: GeekTyrant
Are you excited about Welcome to Derry and exploring some of Pennywise’s backstory? Let me know your thoughts in the comments.
