When HBO first announced its intentions to move forward with the "IT" series Based on the two recent films, the collective reaction could be summarized as excitement ... and a little stunning. What more were the audience to learn about the existential, ancient evil that takes a clown form and terrorizes young children with red balloons? As it turns out - very much.

Special from producers Andy and Barbara Mushietti, along with the show-show Jason Fukes and Brad Caleb Caine, the project received an event with the Starwar at this year's Ujorque comic books. The Convention used the red carpet for a series that, based on the atmosphere in the room, is destined to be one of the biggest hits in Nerddom after the release later this year. During the big panel attended by Muschiethisis, the show, and members of the cast John Adeppo, Chris Chalk, Jameseims Remar, Steven Ryder, Taylur Page and Kimberly Guerrero, the cast and crew revealed a few good ones. Exclusive clips and trailer got much of the excitement, but the talks were on stage among the creative team that should be of even more interest to the fans.

Here are the most fascinating viewers of insight they need to know before watching "IT: Welcome to Deri", which is set decades before the original "IT" in 1962.

In the year of our Lord 2025, it is worth asking a key question whenever the latest movie or a show based on a popular IP: Does this really have a reason to exist? When it comes to "That: Welcome to Deri" (Take a look at the trailer for the fever here)That concern can be responded strongly in confirmation. The upcoming series of prophecy could easily fall a victim of the corporate, studio-mind thinking only to fuel the franchise fodder because of it. Fortunately, it sounds like Steven King's fans to breathe a sigh when it comes to what they are cooking for us behind this series.

For Andy Mushetti, director of "IT" and "IT: Chapter 2", the idea for this series gathered very quickly after the second film ended. After convincing Bill Scarsgard to repeat his role as a penichand, the rest fell in place. To hear Mushchietti, this was more than just an excuse to reveal the story of the origin of the clown killer and his rule of terror like Eldrich, the (fictional) small city of Derry, Maine every 27 years. BEE has many relationships with the original characters from the movies. (Mike Hanlon, a member of the losing club who chooses to stay behind in his children's town, instead of leaving, is particularly large.) But both Muschietti and the show -representatives pointed out that others, such as Chris Chalk, Dick Haloran, come directly from the novel.

Given this, it is easy to imagine how the series will fill the gaps from both blockbusters.

From this moment on, "IT: Welcome to Derry" has not been confirmed for more than one season ... But the writing team has clearly have higher hopes than that. During the panel, Andy Mushetti opened up on how every season takes direct inspiration from the penichand himself. As fans are well acquainted, the interdimensional entity is physically manifested at regular intervals, only appearing in the "meat" every 27 years. According to Mushetti, they made the early call to model this first season (and, hopefully, everyone who comes after) by episodes covering one of his cycles on Earth. If there is more line, the subsequent seasons will transfer the time periods and focus on another 27 year cycle.

It's just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the unusual structure that happens in the "Welcome to Derry". For those who wonder what material will be adapted to the writers, Mushietti noticed how many movies left untouched by King's original novel, which remained, in his words, "more questions than answers". The filmmaker continued to explain this:

"For me, what is interesting here is the kind of plan for another story, a hidden story, a story that is not told ahead, but a story that is told.

"Welcome to Deri" can be lowered as a story of foretelling and origin, but that does not mean that fans can go to the knowledge of exactly how those links will arise with the two films "IT". We already know From the previous trailer That the series will at least touch the book at the book, a space story of a penichand. As it turns out, that wider approach to adjusting the original material of Steven King's famous novel will lead much of the season's direction.

As mentioned earlier, fans will no doubt notice the ancestors of the characters of the original characters. Charlotte's Charlotte of John Adeppo and Charlotte Hanlon of John Adeppo and Charlotte of Taylur Page, as well as the grandparents of the future loser, in both films "IT". Other characters come with embedded aspects that are likely to fly over the heads of ordinary viewers, while the Dihardi will be able to see one Easter egg after another.

Perhaps the most interesting Easter egg of all of them revolves around Rose, a newly-made character played by Kimberly Guerrero. As an indigenous character in the time frame of the 1960s, she immediately adds a new (and, as she pointed out, the unexplored) layer of the story we haven't seen before. According to Guerrero, "Welcome to Deri" will take us to the original loser club and all Rose's descent of origin helps fight the villain. In fact, her character has even links to Steven King's arrival in Chapter Two. As he explained:

"Rose knows everything that happened before Derry was Derry. There was a first club for losers and that the losers club was a group of indigenous children. And my character is a direct descendant of those children."

"Who remembers in" Chapter 2 "when Steven King appears? It's one of my favorite moments in the films "IT", and he appears in this store called second -hand Rose. I'm Rose. And it's so perfectly set up, because Rose is the guardian of memories. "

All the shots shown during the Cuork panel had a thing in common: you never see it in its form of clown as a penichand. As it turns out, there is a very good reason for this. In different scenes, the ancient horror seems to be unfortunate characters like figures taken directly from their nightmares or memories. Foreigners at a grocery store, family and other loved ones, and many others are all fair play when it comes to the antagonist that most audiences know as a clown of hell. But forcing us to wait until the season to see it completely released as it was in the films is simply part of the game in the "Welcome to Derry".

Described as playing the game "jaws" with pennies (Steven Spielberg's world -famous shark is not seen in most of the movie), this strategy can end up paying dividends in the series. As Barbara Mushietti said, "so, a penichand. He's our shark. We believe we can't let the audience feel comfortable. We have to hide the ball." Then Andy jumped, saying that, "he intended to make his appearance to fun, to create a sense of anticipation, this creation, the uncertainty I think people would not know when - the importance of his ability is:" When will a clown appear? "We can't tell you, but he will. "

"IT: Welcome to Derry" Prime Ministers of HBO and HBO Max October 26, 2025.