Overview
- Episode 1 debuted October 26 on HBO Max, launching an eight-episode season that rolls out weekly on Sundays through December 14.
- The story is set in 1962 and follows the Hanlon family in a Derry shaped by racial tensions, Cold War anxieties and a nearby military presence.
- Andy Muschietti directed the first four episodes, with the series developed by Andy and Barbara Muschietti and Jason Fuchs, and Brad Caleb Kane as co-showrunner.
- Creators stress restrained use of Pennywise and clarify that ‘It’ can take multiple simultaneous forms, with the clown as only one manifestation.
- Stephen King publicly praised the premiere as genuinely frightening, and Andy Muschietti says HBO Max plans at least three seasons.