It: Welcome to Derry will be released on October 26, 2025, on HBO and HBO Max. The television series will consist of nine episodes, which will follow a weekly release pattern. So, here’s the release schedule for you to follow:

HBO's "It" prequel series "Welcome to Derry" is all the horror and all of the thoughtfulness you expect from a Stephen King adaptation.

The killer clown from the Warner Bros. films is popping up in cities worldwide as a marketing stunt for spinoff drama series.

IT: Welcome to Derry, the prequel series set in the same continuity as the two IT movies released in 2017 and 2019, approaches its air date this Sunday.

Welcome to Derry,” is not for the squeamish. The eight-episode origin story of Pennywise (Bill Skarsgård) takes place in 1962 and serves as a prequel to “It” (2018) and its sequel “It: Chapter Two” (2019).

The It: Welcome to Derry star says he originally auditioned for the role of adult Mike Hanlon in 2019's It Chapter Two before being cast as Hank Grogan on the HBO prequel series. Rider got so far into the process that he tested for the character before director Andy Muschietti eventually cast Isaiah Mustafa.

As Stephen King fans well know, Pennywise the Dancing Clown emerges every 27 years to feast on the people of Derry, especially the younger generation. That’s why It: Welcome to Derry takes place in 1962, 27 years before the 1989 events of Andy Muschietti’s 2017 It feature film, and 54 years before the 2016 setting of It Chapter Two.

Welcome to Derry is already off to a good start with a favorable critics’ score on Rotten Tomatoes. The upcoming supernatural horror series is set to premiere exclusively on HBO and HBO Max on October 26,