Episode 2 of 'IT: Welcome to Derry' advances its premiere on HBO Max for Halloween

The first step has already been taken and we have begun our return to the place where ESO began, with the launch yesterday Sunday in HBO y HBO Maxfrom the first episode of the long-awaited IT: Welcome to Derrya prequel series to the two films ITwith the return of the director of the two film installments, Andy Muschietti in multiple roles as executive producer, screenwriter, and director of some episodes, and that of Bill Skarsgård like Pennywise.

If you have already seen the first episode, you will be aware that HBO had a surprise prepared for the public, and if not, here we tell you.

He second episode of IT: Welcome to Derry, It will be available almost three days earlier than planned to celebrate Halloween. It will be released on Friday, October 31 at 12:00 a.m. PT on HBO Max. The second episode will be available on HBO in linear transmission on Sunday, November 2 at 7pm (CDMX time).

This is an exception related to Halloween, so the rest of the episodes will continue to premiere on Sundays on HBO and HBO Max until the season finale, Sunday, December 14.

The series takes us back to the place where THAT beganlocating its plot in 1962in the period preceding the events of IT: Chapter One (2017).

IT: Welcome to Derryby its title in our region, includes the origin story of Pennywise the Clownas well as the dawn of the 27 year curse that stalks the small town of Maine.

The inspiration is the interludes written by Mike Hanlon in the novel by Stephen Kingwhich document “catastrophic events” from Derry, Maine's past.

The cast includes Skarsgård (IT), Taylour Paige (Zola), Jovan Adepo (Watchmen), Chris Chalk (Perry Mason), James Remar (Oppenheimer), as protagonists, with Madeleine Stowe (Revenge), y Stephen Rider (Daredevil) in a recurring guest role and a regular role, respectively.

The first season 8 episodeswill focus part of its plot on the Hanlon family, whose patriarch, Leroy Hanlon (played by Jovan Adepo) is the father of Mike Hanlon, the future member of the Losers Club whom we met in the movies. IT.

After being assigned to Derry for military service, Leroy will be one of those tormented by Pennywise.

The original HBO series has the brothers Andy y Bárbara Muschietti as executive producers alongside Jason Fuchs y Brad Caleb Kane as coshowrunners and executive producers. Skarsgård is another of the executive producers. Muschietti directs some episodes.

Fuchs co-produced IT: Chapter Two; Andy directed both the 2017 and 2019 adaptations, while Barbara produced them. The Muschietti brothers, together with Fuchs, developed the story of the series, with Fuchs as the screenwriter. Andy Muschietti directs four of the nine episodes of the first season.

The series is produced by HBO and Warner Bros. Televisionand executive produced by Andy Muschietti, Barbara Muschietti, Jason Fuchs, Brad Caleb Kane, David Coastsworth, Skarsgard, Shelley Meals, Roy Lee, and Dan Lin.