It: Welcome to Derry’s Andy Muschietti Has 3 Seasons Planned for HBO Horror Series

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It: Welcome to Derry’s Andy Muschietti Has 3 Seasons Planned for HBO Horror Series

Andy Muschietti ideally wants to make three seasons of It: Welcome to Derry.

It: Welcome to Derry is a forthcoming HBO series based on Stephen King’s It novel, which was published in 1986. Muschietti — who directed 2017’s It and 2019’s It Chapter Two — is developing the series alongside Barbara Muschietti and Jason Fuchs.

Speaking on Radio TU, via BloodyDisgusting, Muschietti revealed that he has three seasons of It: Welcome to Derry planned.

What did Andy Muschietti say about It: Welcome to Derry?

He said of the series, “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.”

He continued, “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.”

While It: Welcome to Derry Season 2 hasn’t been officially greenlit at this time, Muschietti said each of the three potential seasons would be based on one of the aforementioned events.

“There’s a reason why the story is told backward. So the first season is 1962, the second season is 1935, and the third season is 1908,” he said.

Muschietti noted that Warner Bros. was pleased with how It: Welcome to Derry Season 1 turned out and that the company is now “very interested in making the second season as soon as possible.”

It: Welcome to Derry is expected to premiere on HBO and Max in 2025, though an exact release date has not yet been announced.