Andy Muschietti
News
HBO's It: Welcome to Derry prequel has to get approved by Stephen King for everyone to get onboard - and he did
It: Welcome to Derry has Stephen King’s support
October 27, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Features
How Steven Spielberg's Jaws is inspiring Pennywise in HBO's It prequel TV series
With Pennywise, the Welcome to Derry producers believe less is more, so they’ll be keeping the carnivorous clown offscreen for most of the early episodes
October 23, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
News
HBO's new IT prequel TV series will be closer in texture and feel to Stephen King’s original book than the movies due to one overlooked element, says creators
It: Welcome to Derry producers Andy and Barbara Muschietti say the HBO series will be closer in texture and feel to the Stephen King book
October 23, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
News
IT: Welcome to Derry's Andy Muschietti & Brad Caleb Kane tease a Dark Tower connection - but not a Stephen King multiverse show
IT: Welcome to Derry has turtles, just not all the way down. Director Muschietti and Kane definitely want you to know about Stephen King's Dark Tower, but don't want you to think this is Castle Rock 2
October 20, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
HBO series It: Welcome to Derry is built from the “hidden story” in the original It novel by Stephen King, say creators
How Andy and Barbara Muschietti found the hidden story that led to the Pennywise prequel It: Welcome to Derry
October 12, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Features
Ahead of IT: Welcome to Derry coming to HBO Max, we're covering the top five MUST READ Stephen King novels [Lore Corner]
And no, IT isn't gonna be on this list. I mean, you should probably read that before Andy and Barbara Muschietti's Welcome to Derry comes to HBO, but I think that's self-evident, don't you?
October 06, 2025
Ashley V. Robinson
Features
Spoilers!I watched the first ten minutes of HBO's IT: Welcome to Derry - here's what to expect
Heads up, we're going to get into some spoilers for IT: Welcome to Derry here, but as the title indicates, none that go beyond the first couple of minutes of Pennywise's latest haunting chapter
October 02, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
The opening of IT: Chapter Two makes Derry itself worse than Pennywise [The Coldest Open]
Or I don't know, maybe Pennywise IS Derry. Either way, the opening moments of Andy Muschietti's IT sequel make one thing clear - both of 'em suck
September 26, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
With IT: Chapter One's opening scene, Andy Muschietti proves you can be scared even if you know where this is going [The Coldest Open]
Director Andy Muschietti, who is returning to Pennywise's realm for IT: Welcome to Derry on HBO, knows that you know your Stephen King. And that's not gonna stop him
August 22, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Could The Flash speed into a sequel even as the DCU is being rebooted onscreen?
"There’s an architecture in DC that is brewing," says director Andy Muschietti
June 16, 2023
Graeme McMillan
Guides
HBO's It: Welcome to Derry release date is here, Stephen King lovers
We all floated to HBO Max's socials and found out when Pennywise the Dancing Clown is coming back to your screens
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Grant DeArmitt