The upcoming HBO series “It: Welcome to Derry” serves as a prequel to the horror films “It” and “It Chapter Two.”

The 2017 film “It,” which is based on Stephen King’s 1986 novel of the same name, takes place in 1988 and 1989 in the fictional town of Derry, Maine. “Welcome to Derry” is set more than two decades earlier, in 1962 .

Taylour Paige and Jovan Adepo star in “Welcome to Derry” as married couple Charlotte and Leroy Hanlon. They move to Derry with their son, Will (Blake Cameron James), just as a young boy mysteriously disappears.

The new series explores the origins of the horrifying antagonist Pennywise the Dancing Clown (Bill Skarsgård). In addition to dealing with the supernatural horrors of Derry, the Hanlons also experience racial discrimination from their new white neighb

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