HBO’s upcoming IT prequel series WELCOME TO DERRY could end up being a three-season show set in three distinct eras, says director Andy Muschietti. https://t.co/CdK1Rhhx12
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Andy Muschietti has revealed the plan is for there to be three seasons of the Stephen King ‘It’ prequel series ‘Welcome to Derry’ with each season taking place during a different cycle; the first season is in 1962, the second season is in 1935, and the third season is in 1908. HBO is already interested in making a second season.
“It’s a story that’s based on the interludes of the book. The interludes are basically chapters that reflect Mike Hanlon’s research. They’re fragments of his research. For 27 years, it’s the guy trying to figure out what it is, what did it, who did it, who saw it, and all that stuff.
“So they talk about catastrophic events from the past, like the fire in the Black Spot…. the massacre of the Bradley Gang, a gang of bank robbers in the ’30s… and the explosion of the Kitchener Ironworks […] Every time Pennywise comes out of hibernation, there is a catastrophic event that happens at the beginning of that cycle. We are basing the three seasons of this series on each of these catastrophic events.”
Bill Skarsgård has already signed on for the first season.
