‘IT: Welcome to Derry’ Finally Renewed for Season 2, and It’s Going Back to 1935

Welcome to Derry is returning for a second season on HBO, it has been announced. The horror prequel has been renewed for Season 2, eight months after the show's first season finale aired on December 14. The show's co-showrunner, Brad Caleb Kane, will be taking over as the sole showrunner for Season 2, while the Muschietti siblings, Andy and Barbara, will continue to executive-produce.

HBO Max's head of original programming, Sarah Aubrey, expressed excitement about returning to the chilling world of Derry and expanding on the horrific adaptation created by the Muschiettis. Andy and Barbara Muschietti shared that they are privileged to continue exploring and expanding on Stephen King's universe, and that the support of their partners at HBO and Warner Bros.

Television is invaluable. Pennywise, portrayed by Bill Skarsgård, returns for Season 2, and the show has confirmed that it will take place in 1935 during the Great Depression. The Season 2 story will center around the bloody massacre of the Bradley Gang, a group of bank robbers who enter Derry seeking ammunition and face unimaginable horror.

The renewal announcement confirmed that Season 2 will align with three of the Derry Interlude chapters from Stephen King's novel, which will be adapted into three seasons of the show.