2025 was full of scary surprises on-screen, with It: Welcome to Derry emerging as one of the best. HBO’s series-length prequel to Andy Muschietti’s It films managed to defy the franchise curse in the best way, introducing a time travel twist that keeps audiences on their toes without undermining the endgame. And the plot only seemed to thicken with the set-up for a new season, which will go back in time even further from the story It fans all know and love.
Muschietti hasn’t revealed much about the context of Welcome to Derry Season 2, besides the fact that it will follow the parents and/or grandparents of the families we met in Season 1 — and that it will “deliver something that is greater” than its predecessor. As the writer-director irons out the scripts that will inform the new season, his plans are becoming clearer for those on the outside looking in. Hopefully Muschietti’s claims about a greater season are true, but for now it’s at least clear that Welcome to Derry Season 2 will be very different from Season 1 in other ways.
