Fans of Stephen King’s IT as well as the two film adaptation installments will be excited to return to the world of Pennywise the clown in prequel series IT: Welcome to Derry. Developed for television by filmmakers Andy Muschietti and Barbara Muschietti (IT,

The new HBO series is a prequel to the two movies starring Bill Skarsgard as Pennywise, based on the 1986 Stephen King novel. Here’s a primer.

HBO's It series is set to explore 1962 Derry, revealing the town’s hidden horrors, Pennywise’s origins, and cycles of fear through diverse characters and a, suspenseful narrative that the movies missed.

IT: Welcome to Derry is a chilling prequel to Stephen King’s IT films, exploring Pennywise’s dark origins in 1960s Derry. Starring Bill Skarsgård, the series streams exclusively on Max.

And though It: Welcome to Derry is taking some liberties with one of his most beloved novels, building out a prequel for Pennywise and the Maine town terrorized by the evil clown, King gave the creators of HBO’s new series the green light.

HBO's prequel series gives a background story to Pennywise, the deadly clown that feeds on children's fears, while exploring themes of racism in 1960s Maine.

The first episode of IT: Welcome to Derry will premiere Sunday, Oct. 26, at 6 p.m. ET/ 9 p.m. PT on HBO and HBO Max. There are eight episodes in the season, and the finale is scheduled for Sunday, Dec. 14. Here's the complete episodic release schedule: Episode 2: The Thing in the Dark -- Sunday, Nov. 2

IT: Welcome to Derry, the prequel series set in the same continuity as the two IT movies released in 2017 and 2019, approaches its air date this Sunday.

Dive into Stephen King's It, Pennywise's haunting origins, and the cursed town of Derry before HBO's Welcome to Derry premieres.

HBO’s new series, a prequel to Andy Muschietti’s two ‘It’ movies, awakens an earlier incarnation of Pennywise.

“It: Welcome to Derry,” HBO’s chilling new prequel to Andy Muschietti’s blockbuster “It” films, premieres Sunday night, diving deep into the dark origins of Stephen King’s Pennywise. Set decades before the Losers Club faces off against the ...