🤡OMG! HBO, bless their cotton socks, has dropped ANOTHER teaser for It: Welcome to Derry! Because, you know, we haven’t had enough Pennywise in our lives. Seriously, guys? Another one? At San Diego Comic Con (SDCC), no less – the epicenter of all things unoriginal and rehashed. Warner Bros. Television, you’re killing us (with boredom).
So, get this: Andy Muschietti and Barbara Muschietti (“IT,” “IT Chapter Two,” “The Flash”) are back. Yes, the dynamic duo who brought you… basically the same movie twice. And Jason Fuchs (“IT Chapter Two,” “Wonder Woman,” “Argylle”) is also here. What a dream team of sequel-izing! This series will debut on HBO and HBO Max in October. Get ready to pay extra for the same old scares! 😱 Andy Muschietti will direct “multiple” episodes. Translation: He’s contractually obligated. 🤣
Set in the thrilling world of Stephen King’s “IT” universe (because one movie wasn’t enough), IT: WELCOME TO DERRY is based on Stephen King’s “IT” novel. Because originality is overrated. It “expands” the vision established by filmmaker Andy Muschietti in the feature films “IT” and “IT Chapter Two.” Expand? Or just repeat ad nauseam? 🤔
The show stars Taylour Paige, Jovan Adepo, Chris Chalk, James Remar, Stephen Rider, Madeleine Stowe, Rudy Mancuso, and – drumroll, please – Bill Skarsgård! Because what’s an “IT” prequel without the dude who made Pennywise vaguely unsettling the first time around? Good job, casting directors! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Produced by HBO and Warner Bros. Television, developed for television by Andy Muschietti, Barbara Muschietti, and Jason Fuchs, IT: WELCOME TO DERRY is based on the novel “It” by Stephen King. Andy Muschietti and Barbara Muschietti (through their Double Dream production company – because one dream isn’t enough, apparently), Jason Fuchs (through his FiveTen Production company – are there really five to ten of them?), Brad Caleb Kane, David Coatsworth, Bill Skarsgård, Shelley Meals, Roy Lee, and Dan Lin are executive producers. I’m exhausted just reading their names. Fuchs, who wrote the teleplay for the first episode, and Kane serve as co-showrunners on the project. So, basically, a committee designed to squeeze every last drop of nostalgia (and cash) out of Stephen King’s masterpiece. 💰💰💰
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