Horror Welcome to Derry - HBO Max Developing IT Prequel Series

[squeekness]

The girl who farted in the bathroom is actually credited as "Fart Girl." That's actually incredible, I must admit. Childish, sure, but incredible, and she can't deny it now, it's right there in print!

That will look good on her resume, lol.

 

[Still Wynning]

I have two things to say…

One, great first episode.

Two…

Spoiler

Concerning the opening and ending…

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

That first episode was messed in so many ways. Really enjoyed it though and ready for more.

 

[Sawyer]

Oh ****, I didn’t even realize the main girl’s friend (who looks to lose an eye at some point, based on the trailers) was young Mackenzie Davis on Station Eleven.

 

[Link]

Episode 1 is promising. The cold open is CRAZY, it certainly set the tone. Leroy's patriotic speech struck me as bizarre, but maybe that'll be contextualized in a more interesting way in the coming weeks.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

The girl who farted in the bathroom is actually credited as "Fart Girl." That's actually incredible, I must admit. Childish, sure, but incredible, and she can't deny it now, it's right there in print!

Ladies, gents, and enby friends, the director of Brave and the Bold!

 

[Pennywise]

It: Welcome to Derry showrunners say adding The Shining's Dick Hallorann to the new Stephen King spin-off was "all about staying authentic to the book": "We became amateur Derry historians"

Jason Fuchs and Brad Caleb Kane talk writing Dick Hallorann into the Pennywise prequel

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"He's very different than the Dick Hallorann we know from The Shining, or certainly from Doctor Sleep," Fuchs explains. "So it was all about finding those little nuggets buried in the text and letting story and character dictate it. So, for instance, if a character's going to get carted off to prison – I guess you'd see that in the trailer. It was suddenly a question, well, 'What's the nearest prison? Shawshank.' It made sense."

"So we were never shoehorning things in. It was all from a place of what is the most effective, dramatic choice. "And then often the answers to those questions suggested other elements of Stephen King lore and canon. But there are a lot of Easter eggs in this show. There are definitely, for Stephen King mega fan like myself, like Brad, this thing is chock full of Easter eggs, of references to a broader Stephen King universe. So I'm excited for fans to try to discover those."

"In our show, Dick Hallorann is in service of nothing but himself. He's a much more selfish guy," Kane explains. "I guess he's in service to General Shaw and the overarching plan of the show, but he's looking to just do that: get out from under people's thumbs and live his life. He is a good time guy. He doesn't love kids like he does in The Shining. He's not interested. But we were able to take him from that character that we don't know, this younger character who is nothing like [his character in] The Shining, to a character that you recognize much more by the end. We gave him a full arc.

"I feel like we made him an even more three-dimensional, rounded character under the watchful eye of Uncle Stevie himself. He had to approve every outline, every script, make sure we're not telling tales out of school here. All with Stephen King's approval. But we were able to really build out his character in a way that I don't think we've seen before. And that was exciting to hear."

 

[Pennywise]

TV Ratings: ‘IT: Welcome to Derry’ Scares Up Big Premiere Audience

HBO says 5.7 million cross-platform viewers watched the show over three days.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

The premiere of IT: Welcome to Derry enticed a lot of viewers back into Pennywise’s clutches.

The HBO series debuted to 5.7 million cross-platform viewers (measured over three days), making Welcome to Derry the third biggest series debut in HBO’s history. It trails only the premieres of House of the Dragon — which had nearly 10 million day-one viewers in 2022 — and The Last of Us, which opened with 4.7 million on its first night in 2023 and moved well past 5.7 million in following the three days.

 

[OrbOfConfusion]

Well-deserved ratings win, to be sure.

 

[Sawyer]

If this manages to keep it up, obviously more Derry seasons would be in order, but I wonder if HBO/HBO Max might reconsider that Overlook project.

 

[Pennywise]

Saw the opening title sequence leaked, looked pretty great!

 

[KaijuDude1992]

Just got done watching the second episode and I enjoyed it way more than the premiere which was pretty solid but not great IMO.

The actress playing Ronnie is killing it so far and I'm loving the worldbuilding.

I also like the fact that we've seen very little of

Spoiler

Pennywise

so far but that hasn't affected the level of tension or dread in the show.

That bedroom scene was effing nuts lol.

 

[Drizzle]

Oh ****, I totally forgot the second episode was streaming early! Gonna try to squeeze it in with the last of my spooky season marathon.

 

[The Lazarus Pit]

I love the book and the 1990 movie, but honestly kinda hated both IT movies and the first episode was not that good or scary. Hate the CGI.

It’s still a fun watch because I love this world so much.

And for the record? Tim Curry is still the better Pennywise!!

 

[Sawyer]

Hallorann aside I’m not sure how I’m feeling about the military subplot so far, but this was a solid second episode. Both of those scare scenes were killer. Andy and Barbara are putting these kids through it.

That being said… of all the music they could’ve gone with— era-appropriate and otherwise— that’s the song they went with for the opening credits…?