HBO ‘s forthcoming IT prequel series has played coy in showing its central, nightmarish clown… until now.
The network released the full trailer for IT: Welcome to Derry on Tuesday. You can watch it in full — including a close-up of Pennywise, who’s only been shown obliquely in previously released footage — at the top of this post.
Just in time for Halloween, IT: Welcome to Derry will hit the cabler (and streamer HBO Max) on Sunday, October 26. The horror-drama’s first season will span eight episodes, with the finale airing on Dec. 14. Keep scrolling for the teaser (which also will creep you out thoroughly).
Based on Stephen King’s IT novel, first published in 1986, Welcome to Derry “expands the vision” established by director Andy Muschietti in the films IT and IT Chapte