HBO is new IT prequel series Welcome to Derry added two new members to the cast, which includes Magdalene Stowe (12 Monkeys, The Last of the Mohicans, Revenge) AND Stefano Cavaliere (Reckless).
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They join the previous cast Taylor Paige (Zola, black background by Ma Rainey), Jovan Adepo (Babylon, Guardians), Chris Gesso (Perry Mason, All dirt roads taste like salt), AND James Remar (Oppenheimer, Megalopolis). It is not yet known who the actors will play.
The official series logline states: “Set in the world of Stephen King’s ‘It’ universe, ‘Welcome to Derry’ is based on King’s novel ‘It’ and expands on the vision set by the director Andy Muschietti in the feature films ‘It’ and ‘It Chapter Two.’”
The series was developed by the showrunners Jason Fuchs (En: Chapter II) AND Brad Caleb Kane (Vice of Tokyo), who will also executive produce the series.
Talking earlier about the mythology of the story, Muschietti said, “There’s a whole mythology in the book though… Mythology is something that always has opportunities to explore. It [aka Pennywise] it has been on Earth for millions of years. It has been in contact with humans for hundreds of years, every 27 years. So you can imagine the amount of material. It’s always exciting to think about eventually exploring this mythology. It’s very exciting. But, for now, there’s nothing on the table.”
While unconfirmed, I think the series will tell the story of The Black Spot, which was an important location in Derry that was talked about in Stephen King’s films and novel. The Black Spot was a nightclub founded by Mike Hanlon’s father Will and some of his friends. It was a place for black soldiers from the nearby army base to go.
The Black Stain was razed by Maine’s Legion of White Decency. One of the people inside was a young Dick Hallorann’s The brilliant, who worked in the club kitchen. Hallorann made it out alive and eventually ended up working at the Overlook Hotel where he ultimately met his death.
There are some great prequel stories to tell with Pennywise because the shapeshifting creature has been in Derry, killing people for a long time. “He came to Earth in a huge cataclysmic event similar to an asteroid impact, landing in a location in North America that would eventually become Derry, Maine. Once people settled in this place, she adopted her usual 27-30 year hibernation pattern, waking up to kill and eat. Each awakening and return to hibernation is sometimes marked by a violent act, such as a mass murder or a weather event. Meanwhile, a series of child murders in Derry are never solved. It is outwardly explained that a series of murders, no matter how gruesome, go unreported if they happen in the small town. However, the real reason is that It’s influence prevents anyone from delving too deeply.
Here’s the It timeline, which features several stories a prequel could explore:
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1715 – 1716: IT wakes up painfully.
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1740-1743: A three-year reign of terror begins culminating in the disappearance of over three hundred settlers from Derry Township (similar to the Lost Colony of Roanoke, founded as a logging town).
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1769 – 1770: IT awakens again.
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1851: IT awakes when a man named John Markson poisons his own family, then commits suicide by eating a nightshade mushroom, resulting in a gruesome death.
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1876-1879: IT awakens, then reverts to hibernation after killing a group of woodsmen who were later found near Kenduskeag Creek.
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1904: IT wakes up when a lumberjack named Claude Heroux kills a dozen men in a bar with a single axe. Heroux was promptly pursued by a mob of citizens and hanged.
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1906: IT goes back into hibernation when the Kitchener Ironworks explodes, killing 108 people, 88 of whom were children during an Easter egg hunt.
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1929: IT awakens when a group of Derry citizens ambush and kill the Bradley Gang, a group of thieves and murderers. The city, including its chief of police, pretends it never happened. However, a witness later tells the story to Mike Hanlon, including seeing a clown dressed as a farmer participating in the slaying.
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1930: IT goes back into hibernation when the Maine Legion of White Decency, a northern counterpart of the Ku Klux Klan, burns down “The Black Spot”, a nightclub known for catering to African Americans at the nearby military base. IT appears on the spot as a giant bird with balloons on its wings.
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by Joey Paur
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