Overview

• HBO Max set the debut for October 26, with the first episode also airing on HBO and subsequent episodes releasing weekly; a New York Comic Con panel is slated for October 11.
• The nine-episode series is set in 1962 as a prequel to Andy Muschietti’s It films, drawing from Mike Hanlon’s interludes in Stephen King’s novel.
• Bill Skarsgård reprises Pennywise alongside Taylour Paige, Jovan Adepo, Chris Chalk, James Remar, Madeleine Stowe, Stephen Rider, and Rudy Mancuso.
• Andy and Barbara Muschietti developed the series with Jason Fuchs; Fuchs and Brad Caleb Kane serve as co-showrunners, and Andy Muschietti directs multiple episodes.
• Muschietti says the show will make explicit multiverse connections, including The Dark Tower framework, with Chris Chalk portraying a younger Dick Hallorann and nods such as Shawshank.