It: Welcome to Derry
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IT: Welcome to Derry Episode 2 dives deeper into Stephen King's Shining transplant - Here's what's next for Dick Hallorann [Lore Corner]
Famously psychic Dick Hallorann (played by Chris Chalk) has a long road ahead before he nabs the job at the Overlook Hotel. We're investigating what his arc on the King-inspired IT: Welcome to Derry might be ahead of that
November 01, 2025
Ashley V. Robinson
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HBO teases a Halloween IT: Welcome to Derry with a YouTube "descent into dread" release
The network has released the animated opening credits to the Stephen King-inspired show to promote IT: Welcome to Derry's Halloween drop
October 31, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Spoilers!Shocked by the end of IT: Welcome to Derry episode 1? The show's creators explained why they had to do it (and how HBO execs reacted)
We've got spoilers incoming, as producer Barbara Muschietti and writer Jason Fuchs describe what led to IT: Welcome to Derry's bloody and beguiling pilot ending
October 27, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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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
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Spoilers!Batman, Flash, and DC Studios Easter Eggs are all over IT: Welcome to Derry season premiere - Here's why they weren't just throwaways [Lore Corner]
A certain Scarlet Speedster and Dark Knight Detective are visible briefly in the prequel to Andy Muschietti's IT adaptation, Welcome to Derry. And if you know that filmmaker, you already know why these DCU references matter
October 27, 2025
Ashley V. Robinson
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HBO wants to scare you into watching the new IT: Welcome to Derry show
Pennywise the Dancing Clown is the latest horror monster to headline a viral marketing campaign - to advertise IT: Welcome to Derry of course - that Warner Bros. is running from Paris to Madrid to NYC
October 24, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Watch the IT: Welcome to Derry panel featuring Andy & Barbara Muschietti and more from NYCC 2025
The producer/director duo Barbara and Andy Muschietti joined writer Kane, developer Fuchs and stars Chalk, Remar, Adepo, Rider, Paige, and Guerrero in welcoming New York Comic Con to the worst little town in America: Derry, Maine
October 24, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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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
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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
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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
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It: Welcome to Derry actor Kimberly Norris Guerrero says Native Americans finally have a seat at the table in a Stephen King story
It: Welcome to Derry’s Kimberly Norris Guerrero praises HBO for finally putting indigenous representation in a Stephen King story
October 13, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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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
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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
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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
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Stephen King is an idol of horror literature, but he thinks there's one thing you shouldn't be afraid of: spoilers
The creator of Pennywise the Clown doesn't care if you know that Pennywise is defeated at the end of IT. That said, Stephen King thinks there is one horror writer whose work you should approach spoiler-free
September 29, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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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
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The Conjuring: Last Rites officially surpasses IT as the biggest horror movie opening weekend ever - and underscores a thriving appetite for horror in 2025
Michael Chaves's wrap-up to the blockbuster Conjuring saga scored a wild $194M at the global box office, floating just above the 2017 adaptation of Stephen King's beloved tale of Pennywise the Dancing Clown
September 08, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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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
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Before Pennywise comes to HBO in IT: Welcome to Derry, he’s coming to your gaming table in a Betrayal at House on the Hill expansion pack
Betrayal at the Neibolt House: The Evil of Pennywise weds a classic Stephen King villain to Hasbro's megahit horror boardgame in time to kick halloween off early
August 16, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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HBO series IT: Welcome to Derry is "eight movies" in terms of quality and care, says producer Barbara Muschietti
At a special It: Welcome to Derry panel from San Diego Comic-Con 2025, producer Muschietti teased a cinematic return to Stephen King's most haunted town... and showed fans 10 minutes of exclusive footage
August 02, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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San Diego Comic-Con is where I can be who I am - an adult who brings their toddler to the It: Welcome to Derry screening
He is screaming and begging to leave because he is having a good time at the It prequel series screening
July 27, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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The HBO It: Welcome to Derry trailer is either teasing a huge piece of the Stephen King universe... or just reminding us of the 1950s
It's turtles all the way down in Stephen Kings's books, but is that the case in HBO's It prequel series?
May 20, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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How to watch Stephen King's It and spinoffs in release and chronological order before Welcome to Derry comes out
From the original 1990 miniseries to the upcoming It: Welcome to Derry HBO series, let's hop into the sewers of Stephen King's nightmares
December 03, 2024
Jules Chin Greene
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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