Overview

• The series premieres Sunday, Oct. 26 at 9 p.m. ET on HBO with streaming on HBO Max, with weekly episodes leading to a Dec. 14 season finale.
• King posted that “WELCOME TO DERRY is amazing” and called the first episode “terrifying,” offering a rare early endorsement.
• Set in 1962, the prequel revisits Derry’s 27-year cycle to probe Pennywise’s origins, with Andy Muschietti promising to “ruin and explain” key mysteries.
• Bill Skarsgård returns as Pennywise, with Brad Caleb Kane and Jason Fuchs as showrunners and Andy and Barbara Muschietti among the executive producers.
• Producers have outlined a backward-looking three-season plan reported to move from 1962 to 1935 to 1908, while outlets differ on season one’s episode count.