Pennywise’s origin. The world of Stephen King’s It is a lot more extensive than it seems, and after Andy Muschietti’s film duology, his version of the novel will continue to expand. Instead of a third movie, It is expanding with a prequel TV series, set 27 years before the Losers Club came across the shapeshifting creature.
Welcome to Derry is set in the early 1960s, and as such, it follows a different group of Derry residents. Through them, Welcome to Derry will show another chapter of It Chapter Two.
If All Goes Well, Welcome To Derry’s Season 3 Could Finally Explore Pennywise’s Backstory
Welcome To Derry Season 3 Could Solve A Huge It Chapter Two Mystery
So far, Welcome To Derry is only set for one season of nine episodes, and its future is unknown. Welcome To Derry being renewed will depend on how well-received the first episodes are, but the team behind the show already has plans for the future. Speaking with Radio TU, series creator Andy Muschietti shared that there are ideas for a three-season arc. The idea is that each season will go back in time 27 years to coincide with the awakening of It.
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With that in mind, and as season 1 is set in 1962, Welcome To Derry season 2 would be set in 1935 and season 3 in 1908. Season 3, then, would be the perfect opportunity to properly explore Pennywise’s origin story after the tease in It Chapter Two. When Bev (Jessica Chastain) visits her childhood home, she’s attacked by It first in the form of an elderly woman and later shows himself as the human version of Pennywise. In Muschietti’s It universe, Pennywise was once a human clown, but it’s unclear how he became It’s preferred shape.
His crimes could have turned Pennywise into a horrifying legend in town that caused fear among children, thus why It chose him as his preferred form.
Given It’s powers, it’s possible that the creature possessed a human Pennywise, leading him to commit horrible crimes. These could have turned Pennywise into a horrifying legend in town that caused fear among children, thus why It chose him as his preferred form. The photos of human Pennywise are reminiscent of the early 1900s, so Welcome To Derry season 3 can be the perfect setting to explore this forgotten part of It’s history.
What Stephen King’s It Novel Reveals About Pennywise’s Origin
It’s Origins Are A Bit Complex
It’s origins are described in King’s novel, and Pennywise’s origin is teased. It originated in a void outside the Macroverse, and it’s from the species called Deadlights. It’s true form is too complex, and the closest to it that the human mind can comprehend is a giant spider. Those who have seen It’s true form have either died or been left in a catatonic state, but it’s said to be an endless, crawling, hairy creature made of orange light.
It has been theorized that Bob Gray was a human clown, very much like in It Chapter Two, and It adopted his identity.
In the novel, It also refers to itself as Robert “Bob” Gray, but it’s unclear if that’s truly its name or if it took it from one of its victims, and if so, who was Bob Gray. It has been theorized that Bob Gray was a human clown, very much like in It Chapter Two, and It adopted his identity. Welcome To Derry has a huge chance if it gets to a third season, and if it does explore Pennywise’s origin, it could even solve that part of the novel that was left ambiguous.
Source: Radio TU.
It: Welcome to Derry
- Release Date
- 2025
IT: Welcome to Derry is a prequel set in the 1960s that explores the origins of Pennywise the Clown. The narrative delves into the early events in Derry, Maine, providing a backdrop to the terror later depicted in the film adaptations of Stephen King's novel, IT.
- Network
- HBO
- Cast
- stephen rider
- Creator(s)
- Andy Muschietti, Barbara Muschietti, Jason Fuchs
