Eight episodes to relive the Derry of the 60s before the events of IT. The new HBO series, available on Sky and NOW, brings Pennywise to the screen and a prequel faithful to the atmosphere of Stephen King’s cult novel.
How many 90s kids were traumatized by one paper boat which ended up in a manhole and from that hole came out a clown nightmarish. That was an iconic scene from the two-episode miniseries ITthe first screen adaptation of cult novel from 1986 by Stephen King. More recently, they have been produced two filmsin 2017 and the sequel Chapter two in 2019, directed by Andy Muschietti. And it is precisely from the latter that it begins, or rather go back, Welcome to Derryone of most anticipated TV series in 2025Of HBO broadcast in prime time Monday 27 October on Sky and streaming on NOW. Eight episodes, one episode a week, to tell what happened in the cursed town of Maine in 1962, twenty-seven years before the Losers Club faced Pennywisethe dancing clown with demonic features.
Because returning to Derry was necessary
The question arises spontaneously as to whether it was needed return to Derry and the answer is yes. Jason Fuchs And Brad Caleb Kane, showrunner of the series developed by Andy Muschietti with the sister Barbarathey chose to set the series in the 60sin a period preceding the original novel. Besides, the same Stephen King had broken into pieces interludes the past appearances of Pennywisegoing back to 27 years old from the 80’s Losers Club. This is what happens behind the screen: Muschietti’s films were set in the present day, and a prequel that retraces the same period of the past seems natural. From the first impressions of those who saw the first episode released on October 26 in the United States, it seems that the creators have managed to recover the right size of the Sixties and above all to bring the horror atmospheres of the novel, also thanks to the usual resources of HBO.
The beginning of the series
There Derry shown is an apparently quiet American town, where four kids, Teddy, Phil, Lilly And Ronnielive in the shadow of an Air Force military base. When a friend of theirs disappearsthey start asking questions and from that moment on events take a turn from nightmare. He stands out in the cast Bill Skarsgård who returns as Pennywise as in the most recent films, and the curious presence of Dick Hallorannplayed by Chris Chalka character known very well by readers of The Shininganother successful novel by Stephen King.
A scary marketing campaign
Welcome to Derry was driven by a noteworthy promotional campaign. After the transformation of Navigli of Milan on October 25th, which saw myriads of balloons red and one fog equally red on the channel from which it emerged Pennywise in a gondola, the series will be present at Lucca Comics & Games. From October 30th to November 1st, film screenings EN – Chapter one And Chapter twothe first two episodes of the new series will be added: the second in preview world on October 31st. And between one screening and another you can go up to the Derry Busan American school bus that becomes a horror set.
It remains to be seen whether the series will be able to maintain high attention for eight consecutive weeks, in an era dominated by binge watchingbut if there is a suitable genre, it ishorror. All that remains is to say: Welcome to Derry.
