Stephen King’s Weclome to Derry

NICE. Thank you, OP!

Full teaser trailer is out now.

Looks good. The cop behind the glass door - creepy af.

I just wonder what happened to that one poster on here a few months ago who swore up and down that Bill Skarsgard was not coming back as Pennywise.

I CAN'T WAIT to be incredibly disappointed by this.

I'm cautiously optimistic. I've always thought the adult part of IT was boring and it looks like this series is just from the perspective of children. It looks scarier than the 2017 movie.

Weclome! ineded

It oloks to eb a sacry hsow.

Cna't wiat!

Hah I just realized I messed up the title R7. It happens when I get excited about something.

I sat through Part One of the film and I've had sufficient.

I’m hoping because it takes place in 1962 that’ll it will be more in line with the actual novel.

I was actually hoping for more of a prequel. If IT pops back up every 30 years, I would love to see a story take place in the 1930s, the 1900s, the 1870s, the 1840s, etc.

The IT universe has endless IP, King probably has 12 series years of cut material from his coked out original opus; plus, all the historical flashback stuff in the published version. If they don’t fuck this up it could be ongoing indefinitely, especially with King giving them new material.

R12 did you ever catch Castle Rock?

Welcome to Derry” kicks off its story in 1962 in the time leading up to the events of It: Chapter One (2017). The series is based on Mike Hanlon’s interludes from King’s book, which document “catastrophic events” from Derry, Maine’s past. Muschietti has teased that second and third seasons, if ordered by HBO, would take place in 1935 and 1908, respectively.

The previous time periods are what I’m looking forward to most.

What will make this series darker, if they go there, is that none of these kids beat Pennywise. Their best case scenario is going to be leaving Derry and forgetting about everything. IF they go there.

I'm not sure how good this will be, tbh. IT Part 2 was a piece of shit, but so was the latter half of that book.

R15 The show creator hinted there’s a reason they’re telling the story backwards and I wonder if they are going that route.

Here’s my generous forecast for Welcome to Derry: 62-minute episodes that feel like 90, endless moody silence, and every line delivered like it’s Shakespeare in the fog. Yes, Pennywise is back—but he’ll appear for three minutes total, and the rest will be grim monologues about childhood trauma delivered in soft lighting. It’s prestige horror, which now just means “no pacing, no payoff.” Three gif-able moments will trend for a day and then vanish into the content swamp. I’ll pass.

I doubt King is involved in this beyond them using the original novel as a jumping off point, r12.

I hope he's not involved. He liked the 2017 movie because it was pretty loyal to the book. I don't trust his judgement when it comes to movies and tv shows.

You’re not wrong, R19. Every time he raves about a new movie or tv series, it is mediocre at best.

Will it bring up the space turtle thing, or delve deeper into Pennywise being an eldritch abomination?

I agree with you, R17. I can absolutely see that.

The fact that there will be different directors (different writers too..?) may help shake things up. I enjoyed the background stories in the book so there's rich material to pull from. I mean, now that we know the clown is an intergalactic spider, the worst is out of the way, story-wise.

I bet we'll see Pennywise every three episodes. I'm expecting at least one think-piece about how the real monster in Derry is racism and indifference. I'll probably wait until the entire show is out and then torrent the season. I have a feeling this will be a tough one to watch week-by-week.

The cinematography of these films are simply divine.

R24 Honestly, with high quality TV today, it’s just as good as cinematography in film.

Is it the answer to Netflix’s Stranger Things? Pun intended.

I fear that r17 and r23 are right. Instead of a horror show it’s going to go heavy on hectoring bout current social issues, which is shit we’ve seen a hundred times already