It: Welcome to Derry Season 2 to Explore Characters’ Pasts

With the curtain having just fallen on the first series of It: Welcome to Derry, anticipation is already building for what lies ahead. Although a second run has yet to be officially greenlit, the creative team has mapped out a three-series arc, promising plenty more to come from the much-talked-about HBO drama.

Andy Muschietti, the show’s creator, has remained tight-lipped about specific plotlines, but he has let slip a few intriguing hints about the direction of the next instalment.

“We can only say the stuff that's already known, like it's in 1935, 27 years before season 1 and it involves the massacre of the Bradley Gang from the books,”

Muschietti shared.

“It takes place during the Depression in Derry, and there are some new characters and some characters from this season as well, but younger versions of them.”

Returning to Derry’s Darkest Days

Stephen King’s original novel recounts the Bradley Gang Massacre as a violent shootout that saw the entire community swept up in bloodshed. This grim event was briefly referenced in the first series, when an old vehicle containing the massacre’s victims was discovered. The films directed by Muschietti also nod to this moment, notably through a mural the Losers’ Club passes while tending to Ben Hanscom, and again in the sequel, where it appears fleetingly.

Perhaps most fascinating is the confirmation that audiences will meet younger incarnations of certain familiar figures. Rose, known for her expertise on Pennywise and its vulnerabilities, seems a likely candidate. There’s also speculation that the parents of some new—or perhaps more accurately, older—members of the Losers’ Club could make an appearance. Notably, it’s now established that Marge will eventually become Margaret Tozier, Richie Tozier’s mother. The full roster of returning faces, however, remains under wraps for now.

Looking Further Back: Hints at Series Three

While a third series is also yet to be confirmed, plans are already in place for a storyline set in 1908, a full 27 years before the events of the second series. This chapter would centre on the catastrophic Kitchener Ironworks explosion, a disaster that claimed 102 lives—88 of them children—during an Easter egg hunt. This tragedy, too, was alluded to in the first series, when Dick Hallorann glimpses the body of a headless child amid the chaos of the Black Spot fire.

Despite the lack of an official release date for the next series, the creative team has made it clear they’re eager to bring the next chapter to audiences sooner rather than later.