MAX Shares First Footage For 'IT' Prequel Series 'WELCOME TO DERRY' In 2024/2025 Preview Video

MAX has released its preview video for the upcoming 2024/2025 season of shows and one small clip has revealed our first look at ‘WELCOME TO DERRY’ the much anticipated ‘IT’ prequel that will dive into the history of not only Derry, Maine but Pennywise The Dancing Clown.

According to the video, the upcoming series will premiere sometime in 2025. The series will be a prequel to the two Stephen King-based IT movies from Andy Muschietti.

“This ain’t America, this is Derry,” a character ominously says in this first footage from “Welcome to Derry,” which features kids on bikes, a red balloon, and a ghoulish entity.

Yup, that sounds like King’s IT to us!

Andy Muschietti and Barbara Muschietti and Jason Fuchs are on board the Pennywise prequel project from Warner Bros. Television, with Muschietti set to direct several episodes.

Taylour Paige (Zola), Jovan Adepo (“Watchmen”), Chris Chalk (“Perry Mason”), James Remar (Oppenheimer), Madeleine Stowe (Revenge) and Stephen Rider (Daredevil) star.

Variety had reported last year, “The series will begin in the 1960s in the time leading up to the events of It: Part One, the 2017 film based on the Stephen King horror novel. The story is also said to include the origin story of Pennywise the Clown.”

Jason Fuchs (Wonder Woman, Ice Age: Continental Drift) and Brad Caleb Kane (“Moonhaven,” “Black Sails,” “Fringe”) will serve as co-showrunners for the prequel series.

Max’s preview video, which you can watch below, also features first-look footage from “Pretty Little Liars: Summer School,” which will continue the horror approach of “Original Sin.”

The video also promotes other upcoming shows that are of interest to horror fans, including “The Last of Us” Season 2, “True Detective: Night Country,” and “The Penguin.”

“The best is yet to come,” the streaming service promises.

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