While It: Welcome to Derry is mostly a prequel to Stephen King’s iconic It , the upcoming Max series also promises to link up with one of the author’s most infamous movie adaptations, 2003’s Dreamcatcher . It: Welcome to Derry is a prequel to 2017’s It and its 2019 sequel, It: Chapter 2 .
The show promises to delve into the history of the titular town, exploring Pennywise’s reign of terror in the decades before the Losers Club finally defeated him. Taking place largely in the ‘60s, It: Welcome to Derry ’s trailer promises that the show will focus primarily on another group of children who encounter the monstrous evil entity.
However, that’s not all that the show’s story will include. The trailer also depicts the struggles of the Hanlon family as they begin t