Andy Muschietti Shares His Ideal 3-Season Timeline for It: Welcome to Derry

It’s: Welcome to Derry already one Our most anticipated horror project for 2025And now knowing what director Andy Muschietti envisions for its future, we’re extra excited to see it. If the HBO series is successful, he said in a recent interview, he hopes it will run for a total of three seasons set against the backdrop of events from different decades.

Makes sense, since Pennywise (who will play Nosferatuof Bill Skarsgård, Reprising the sinister role From Muschietti it is And This is chapter two) makes its eerie presence felt every 27 years in Derry, Maine. Speaking Spanish radio youand reported by X is bloody disgustingMuschietti created his standard three-season arc for the story. The first season, which was soon on the way, took place in 1962. Then, the proposed second season would be 1935, followed by a third season set in 1908.

Fans of Muschietti movies will remember 2017 it is Took place in 1988 and 1989, allowing for all those new kids in block references. This is chapter two Then jump forward you-know-how-many years to catch up with the now-adult characters in 2016. Stephen King’s original novel, published in 1986, takes place between the time frames of 1957-58 and 1984-85; Its flashbacks will help inform Welcome to Derrystory, but obviously some details will be changed to better hew to Muschietti’s version of the universe.

This tidbit from Muschietti is a lot more detailed than we’ve gotten before It’s: Welcome to DerryIts future plans (again, HBO has only confirmed one season so far). Aside from Skarsgård’s place in the cast — the main details made official are that the show is “set in the world of Stephen King’s it is universe;” it is based on the novel but will “broaden the vision” of Muschietti’s two films.

The rest of the cast includes Taylor Paige, Jovan Adepo, Chris Chuck, James Reimer, Stephen Ryder, Madeleine Stowe and Rudy Mancuso; Muschietti is among the show’s executive producers, along with Jason Fuchs (who scripted the first episode) and Brad Caleb King (who co-shows with Fuchs), among others. No word yet on exactly when It’s: Welcome to Derry will premiere on HBO, but it will be sometime in 2025.

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