Pennywise Terrorizes a New Batch of Kids in Trailer for IT: Welcome to Derry

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25-05-2025

Pennywise the Clown may have been defeated back in 2019, but HBO is set to milk the Derry franchise some more with their upcoming prequel IT: Welcome to Derry .
The series is set to premiere this Fall, and we have a new teaser showcasing a new batch of kids with all-new fears all being perpetrated by the same killer clown. Check the trailer for Welcome to Derry out down here:
No synopsis has been dropped for the series, but based on what we see in the trailer, it does look like the show is going to focus on a new group of kids who are all going to find out that clown is behind all of the scary things that are happening in the town.
The IT lore has this thing where Pennywise surfaces every 27 years, so if this series takes place in '62, that means that Pennywise's next appearance would be the one in '89 when he runs into the Losers Club in the first movie.
It's not clear what kind of story the kids are going to have with this prequel, but I am hoping that it doesn't just end on a dour note where Pennywise wins and they all just become dysfunctional adults. Who knows, maybe this show is going to finally introduce that cosmic turtle thing from the book, but I wouldn't be surprised if they just kept Pennywise's origin a mystery, since that's what makes him so scary in the first place.
Watch out for IT: Welcome to Derry when it premieres on HBO Max this Fall.