It Welcome To Derry Trailer: Pennywise The Clown Makes Terrifying Return In Horror Prequel Series - Watch

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in time for Halloween, a new series set in Stephen King's It universe will explore the history of Derry, Maine. It: Welcome to Derry will also dig deeper into the origin story of Pennywise the Dancing Clown, with actor Bill Skarsgård returning to reprise his role from the big-screen films. The final red-band trailer depicts the horrors that await the children of Derry at the hands of Pennywise. Check out the scary new promo below.

Pennywise is back in new It: Welcome to Derry trailer

On social media, HBO Max shared the new trailer with a simple one-word caption, "Run. #ITWelcomeToDerry premieres October 26 on HBO Max." While the prequel series will be available from October 26 internationally on HBO Max, in India, the first episode will be streamed early morning on JioHotstar from October 27.

The town of Derry is plagued by the presence of Pennywise the clown every 27 years. Pennywise feeds on "tasty, beautiful fear," and the trailer shows him luring his young victims down to the sewers. The prequel series is said to explain much of the history behind the killer clown, including why he appears to many as a clown. The HBO Max series is also planning to delve into Pennywise's reign of terror in Derry, as the show takes place 27 years before the first film.ALSO READ: First Look Of Prequel Series IT: Welcome To Derry Teases New Horror

More about prequel series and future plans

Besides Skarsgård as Pennywise, the series also stars Jovan Adepo, Taylour Paige, Chris Chalk, James Remar, Stephen Rider, Madeleine Stowe, and Rudy Mancuso. Producer-director Andy Muschietti told Deadline that he already worked out the plan for two more seasons. He shared, "My intention with this was to create a story that is a little bit like an iceberg under the water all through Seasons 1, 2 and 3. There will be an expansion in the mythology and more answers to the big questions. The second season will be in 1935. At the end of Season 1, we are hinting at the reason why we are going to tell the story in two more seasons and backwards."