(SeaPRwire) – The year 2025 brought numerous frightening surprises to the screen, with It: Welcome to Derry standing out as one of the best. HBO’s series-length prequel to Andy Muschietti’s It films successfully avoided the typical franchise pitfalls, introducing a time travel element that kept viewers engaged without compromising the overall narrative. The plot further deepened with the groundwork laid for a new season, which will delve even further back in time than the story familiar to It fans.
Muschietti has shared limited details about Welcome to Derry Season 2, beyond stating that it will focus on the parents and/or grandparents of the families introduced in Season 1, and that it aims to “deliver something that is greater” than its predecessor. As the writer-director finalizes the scripts for the upcoming season, his intentions are becoming clearer to observers. While the hope is that Muschietti’s assertions of a superior season prove true, it is already evident that Welcome to Derry Season 2 will diverge significantly from Season 1 in other aspects.
In a recent conversation with Bloody Disgusting, Muschietti offered more insight into his plans for Season 2. The forthcoming season is set in 1935, placing it 27 years prior to the events of Season 1 and over 50 years before Pennywise the Clown (Bill Skarsgård) first terrorized the Losers Club in 1989. Audiences can anticipate meeting more of their ancestors as Welcome to Derry journeys further back in time, but Season 2 will also explore another violent period in Derry’s history: the Bradley Gang Massacre.
“The Bradley Gang was a gang of bank robbers that… stopped in Derry to buy some ammo and something horrible happens,” Muschietti told Bloody Disgusting. Although the gang intended only to pass through Derry, they make the critical error of robbing several shops as they attempt to leave. It is safe to say they never reach their intended destination, partly due to some malevolent interference from Pennywise.
Season 2 appears to be considerably grittier than Season 1, with a focus on older protagonists. Additionally, the setting during the Depression era presents a stark contrast to the seemingly idyllic suburban landscape depicted in Welcome to Derry and It. “We’re facing an era which is the Depression Era that changes dramatically the setup of things,” Muschietti explained. “There’s no suburban comfort — the trope of the kids that live in suburbia and they ride their bikes and suddenly one of them disappears is nothing like this.”
The protagonists of Welcome to Derry Season 2 will be depicted as “struggling to survive” long before Pennywise begins to influence the narrative. On paper, this might diminish some of the suspense; a key element of It‘s appeal lies in its subversion of a seemingly perfect, Rockwellian utopia, especially with the introduction of a clown. Season 2 has the potential to showcase Derry at its bleakest, drawing inspiration from the gritty flashbacks seen in Season 1. It will undoubtedly be a departure, but given the show’s demonstrated ability to take risks, it is an evolution eagerly anticipated.
It: Welcome to Derry is now streaming on HBO Max.
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