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It: Welcome to Derry season 2 confirmed to put cultural themes of 1930s at "heart of the story”
"Everybody’s trying to get by and survive the circumstances. They are gonna do crazy things."
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- Louise Griffin
Published: Monday, 3 August 2026 at 11:03 am
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It: Welcome to Derry season 2 is officially making progress – but it sounds like certain scenes may prove a difficult watch.
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After the success of the first season, all eyes are now on the second instalment, with co-creator Andy Muschietti confirming that a writers room is currently in progress.
Season 2 will focus on one of the interludes in King's novel, the Bradley Gang Massacre, and will take place in 1935, 27 years before season 1. It's set to follow the mystery of a boy who disappears amid a Cold War military plot.
Muschietti went on to add that the tone of the series will feel different this time, and will not shy away from the "horrible" social and cultural themes of the 1930s.
He told Variety: “There’s gonna be a lot of that depression-era hustling in the air in our characters.
"Everybody’s trying to get by and survive the circumstances. They are gonna do crazy things. And of course, the social, cultural, horrible things that were happening in the era, too. We’re not going to skip those. [They are the] very centre and the heart of our story.”
Bill Skarsgård plays Pennywise in IT: Welcome to Derry. HBO
Fans were gripped by the first season of Welcome to Derry, not least because of the risk the writers took in holding back the first appearance of Pennywise the Clown (Bill Skarsgård), who was intriguingly absent from screens until the fifth episode.
In the early episodes, the supernatural entity appeared in various different forms.
The first season was set in 1962 and followed the disappearance of Matty Clements (Miles Ekhardt) after Pennywise's awakening, and the unsettling events that followed.
Season 2 doesn't yet have a release date, but is expected to arrive sometime in 2027.
It: Welcome to Derry season 1 is available to stream now on HBO Max and NOW.
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Louise GriffinSci-Fi and Fantasy Editor
Louise Griffin is the Sci-Fi & Fantasy Editor for Radio Times, covering everything from Doctor Who, Star Wars and Marvel to House of the Dragon and Good Omens. She previously worked at Metro as a Senior Entertainment Reporter and has a degree in English Literature.
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