Welcome to Derry' Renewed For Season 2 By HBO
Deadline • • entertainment
Key Points:
- HBO has officially renewed "It: Welcome to Derry" for a second season, continuing the Stephen King prequel series produced by Warner Bros. Television and executive producers Andy and Barbara Muschietti.
- Brad Caleb Kane will serve as the sole showrunner for Season 2, taking over from the co-showrunning arrangement with Jason Fuchs in Season 1.
- Set in 1935 during the Great Depression, the new season will focus on the brutal massacre of the Bradley Gang, a group of bank robbers who encounter horrific events in Derry.
- The series, which premiered last October and ranks among HBO Max’s top 4 global series premieres, stars Bill Skarsgård reprising his role as Pennywise the Clown.
- Executive producers Andy and Barbara Muschietti, along with Kane and others, will continue to develop the show under HBO and Warner Bros. Television, aiming to deepen the terror and expand the Pennywise mythology.
