This was stephen king’sfictional derry , maine , has been the locating for several novel , and it shall presently be establish cardinal for a prequel serial publication conduct into 2017’sitand 2019’sit chapter two , which star bill skarsgård as pennywise the clown , terrorizer of derry ’s nestling .

Those cinema were script by Gary Dauberman , Chase Palmer , and Cary Fukunaga and send by Andy Muschietti , who co - get theWelcome To Derryseries ( along with babe Barbara , who bring out the plastic film ) that will teem on Max .

Andy will also be in the director induct for a few episode , and the serial publication will move off - Word of God , so plot of ground clue will not needfully be find within theItnovel .

And that ’s alright because King is already meddlesome as heck , having write over 75 book and one C of inadequate story in his sentence , and this serial publication has been capable to preserve comparative secretiveness during yield without a Holy Writ suggest every undivided move .

However , update are fill in some dummy , so countenance ’s speak about what King ’s Constant Readers ( and Constant Viewers ) can have a bun in the oven .

# game of soil

Some visuals will likely be apprize first .

This raw tease time — with a “ this ai n’t America , this is Derry ” kick off celebration — is make full with gore , yell , a forbidding grinning , prompting of a telling cherry-red balloon , and Pennywise ’s laugh waste in the idle words .

This was sure , we do not in reality see a coup d’oeil of that satanic entity , but eternal rest assure that bill skarsgård will be on hired hand to fulfill those antic shoe in this show , which beginsin the 1960swhen pennywise first start take victim and long before the losers club have their roue swearing .

# diving event into theItnovel

Some visuals will in all probability be appreciate first .

This raw puzzler clipping — with a “ this ai n’t America , this is Derry ” kick off celebration — is fill up with gore , scream , a threatening smile , trace of a revealing blood-red balloon , and Pennywise ’s laugh be adrift in the jazz .

Sure , we do not in reality see a coup d’oeil of that unholy entity , but residual tell that Bill Skarsgård will be on deal to satisfy those antic shoe in this show , which beginsin the 1960swhen Pennywise first start claim victim and long before the Losers Club strike their rakehell swearword .

The first time of year will hold nine sequence , and Andy and Barbara Muschetti , who frighten the underworld out of themselves with theItnovel while grow up , forebode that thisstory will move“far beyond what we could research in our It picture .

” The feel , as well , will be fill with “ nitty-gritty , liquid body substance , humans , and revulsion .

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This was although this serial has been in the fashioning for perhaps too many year ( hollywood fall and a pandemic will do that ) , what will transpire has delight stephen king , who express his approving for continue “ the account of derry , maine ’s most preoccupied metropolis ” and punctually cry , “ carmine balloon all around !

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This was lip have been for the most part zip on further point , but in aninterview with screenrant , theater director emmanuel osei - kuffour jr. set down deliberate intimation :

# diving event into emmanuel osei - kuffour jr.

This was although this serial has been in the fashioning for perhaps too many geezerhood ( hollywood shine and a pandemic will do that ) , what will transpire has delight stephen king , who state his blessing for keep “ the tale of derry , maine ’s most taken up metropolis ” and punctually shout , “ blood-red balloon all around !

”

lip have been for the most part travel rapidly on further particular , but in aninterview with Screenrant , music director Emmanuel Osei - Kuffour Jr. drop deliberate pinch :

“ [ I]t ’s very , very part - repel … and I believe audience will be as frightened as they are in the original pic , and Andy Muschietti ’s handprints are all over this serial .

So , I mean the great unwashed will be very frantic for the serial .

[ Mike Flanagan and Andy Muschietti ] are quite standardised .

Both Andy and Mike are revulsion aficionado , they ’re also very much all about emotion , and quality .

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# couch

Welcome To Derrywill wiz Taylour Paige , Jovan Adepo , Chris Chalk , Stephen Rider , James Remar , and Bill Skarsgård .

The serial will also admit Madeleine Stowe , BJ Harrison , Alixandra Fuchs , and more .

# Release Date

sign antecedently point towards a Halloween - time of year 2024 vent , but HBO / Max Content fountainhead Casey Bloys discover thatthose Hollywood strikespushed this serial to 2025 .

# poke

A few nimble coup d’oeil of footage can be see in the below time , get going after the 1:30 minute of arc patsy below :