'IT: Welcome to Derry' sweeps audiences and achieves the 3rd best premiere of a series on HBO Max

Last Sunday, October 26, the long-awaited premiere IT: Welcome to Derry of HBOa prequel series to the two films ITwhich takes us back to where THAT began.

With a fairly promising start, the premiere episode of the prequel series, reached 5.7 million viewers in the United States, during the first three days on HBO y in HBO Maxaccording to information shared by Warner Bros. Discovery.

This places her among the three best series premieres worldwide in the history of HBO Maxonly behind House of the Dragon y The Last of Us.

The titled IT: Welcome to Derryin our region, occupies prime time on Sunday nights, replacing Taskwhich premiered in September with 3.1 million viewers.

The second episode will be available three days early to celebrate Halloween. That is, at 00:00 hrs (Pacific time) on Friday, October 31, you will be able to watch this new episode on HBO Max. In linear transmission on HBO it will be available 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.

Andy Muschiettidirector of both installments ITis the executive producer, screenwriter, and director of some episodes of Welcome to Derry. The series also features the return of Bill Skarsgård like Pennywise.

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

This 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.

By the way, pay attention to all the details of the episodes. The pilot already passed us nods to King's world, and connections both with movies ITas with The Shining. It is expected that other nods to The Fog y The Shawshank Redemption, As seen in the official previews.

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.