Welcome to Derry: IT Prequel Release Date & Pennywise Origin Explained - thedigitalweekly.com

By Drift Striker · February 26, 2026

An eerie new chapter in Stephen King’s universe unfolds as It: Welcome to Derry premieres on October 26, 2025, on HBO and streams simultaneously on HBO Max. The eight-episode prequel series revisits the malevolent origins of Pennywise the Dancing Clown, set decades before the events of the 2017 and 2019 films. Bill Skarsgård returns to […]