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,

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 2017 film “It,” which is based on Stephen King’s 1986 novel of the same name, takes place in 1988 and 1989 in the fictional town of Derry, Maine. “Welcome to Derry” is set more than two decades earlier, in 1962.

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

Stephen King’s chilling It universe, first brought to life on the big screen in 2017, is expanding with a prequel series titled It: Welcome to Derry on HBO Max.

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

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.