Welcome to Derry' Renewed for Season 2 at HBO
Variety • • entertainment
Key Points:
- HBO has renewed "It: Welcome to Derry" for a second season, with the first season having premiered on HBO Max on October 26, 2025, as a prequel to the 2017 and 2019 "It" films based on Stephen King's novel.
- Season 2 will be set in 1935 during the Great Depression and will focus on the Bradley Gang massacre, a storyline from King's original novel involving a group of bank robbers encountering horror in Derry.
- The series was developed by Andy Muschietti, Barbara Muschietti, and Jason Fuchs, with Brad Caleb Kane taking over as sole showrunner for Season 2; casting details for the new season have not yet been announced.
- Season 2 will portray a bleaker, depression-era Derry, highlighting themes of poverty, struggle, and survival, while maintaining an undercurrent of hope among the characters.
- Production is led by HBO and Warner Bros. Television, with executive producers including the Muschiettis, Kane, Roy Lee, Dan Lin, Jamie Travis, and Dhana Gilbert.
