{"id":5343,"date":"2026-08-01T21:35:50","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T21:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=5343"},"modified":"2026-08-01T21:35:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T21:35:50","slug":"it-welcome-to-derry-creator-says-season-2-will-not-shy-away-from-the-horrible-cultural-themes-of-the-1930s-its-the-heart-of-ou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=5343","title":{"rendered":"\u2018It: Welcome to Derry\u2019 Creator Says Season 2 Will \u2018Not\u2019 Shy Away From the \u2018Horrible\u2019 Cultural Themes of the 1930s: It\u2019s the \u2018Heart of Our Story\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\n\tAs horror fans eagerly await the next chapter in Pennywise\u2019s (Bill Skarsg\u00e5rd) horrifying reign of terror, \u201cIt: Welcome to Derry\u201d co-creator Andy Muschietti has shared some details on the current status of Season 2.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=5341\">Lamont Roach Jr. vs. William Zepeda Livestream: Here\u2019s Where to Watch the Boxing Title Bout Online for Free<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cWe\u2019re very excited, we\u2019re in the writers\u2019 room right now,\u201d Muschietti confirms to <em>Variety<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe new season will take place in 1935, centering around one of the interludes in Stephen King\u2019s \u201cIt\u201d novel \u2014 the Bradley Gang Massacre. As recalled in the book, a group of outlaws hides out in the town of Derry while fleeing the FBI, robbing and murdering store owners and causing all-around chaos. It takes place 27 years before the first season of \u201cIt: Welcome to Derry,\u201d which follows the mystery surrounding a young boy gone missing amidst a Cold War military plot.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cThere\u2019s gonna be a lot of that depression-era hustling in the air in our characters. Everybody\u2019s trying to get by and survive the circumstances. They are gonna do crazy things,\u201d Muschietti says. \u201cAnd of course, the social, cultural, horrible things that were happening in the era, too. We\u2019re not going to skip those. [They are the] very center and the heart of our story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tWhile \u201cIt\u201d fans have become accustomed to the franchise\u2019s focus on the horror that lurks underneath images of suburban comfort and kids riding bicycles, Muschietti says Season 2\u2019s aesthetic will differ: \u201cIn this case, on the surface, Derry is a graveyard almost. It\u2019s a carcass of something because people are depleted, poor, tired, jobless, homeless. The kids don\u2019t have a suburban, comforting life. They\u2019re in a very different situation. Some of them are orphans or runaways, and so the environment is pretty bleak. But there\u2019s always the aspect of hope that is always there, burning, and it\u2019s what keeps our new group going.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tGoing back another 27 years gives Muschietti and his creative team, including co-creators Barbara Muschietti and Jason Fuchs, more of a canvas to play with; after all, the \u201930s interlude in King\u2019s original novel doesn\u2019t take up much of the overall story. But the family bloodline will help fans connect the different timelines.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=5338\">Vin Diesel Says \u2018Fast Forever\u2019 Has the \u2018Best Script I Have Read in Decades\u2019: \u2018I Am Still Crying\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cThere will always be the connection, there\u2019s a family tree that appears,\u201d Muschietti explains.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tMuschietti began exploring the world of Derry and Pennywise in the 2017 hit film \u201cIt\u201d and its 2019 sequel \u201cIt: Chapter Two.\u201d He previously told <em>Variety<\/em> of his three-season plan for \u201cWelcome to Derry,\u201d exploring the time periods of 1962, 1935 and 1908, respectively, with an interest in King\u2019s interludes: \u201cI realized there was a hidden story there, and that Stephen King was leaving crumbs that could guide us somewhere. It\u2019s a story told backwards.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tBut the horror director and screenwriter still has his eyes set on adapting other King stories.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cI cannot talk too much about it because some of them are [active] projects. One that I did touch that\u2019s not a current project, but I would love to go back to at some point is \u2018The Juant,\u2019 which is a short story that blew my mind when I read it. I was 14 or something,\u201d Muschietti says of the short story in King\u2019s \u201cSkeleton Crew\u201d collection. \u201cIt just completely shattered me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=5336\">Lollapalooza Shortens Wolf Alice and Cortis Sets, Delays Several More Amid Intense Flooding<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cIt: Welcome to Derry\u201d Season 1 is currently streaming on HBO Max.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;It: Welcome to Derry&#8217; co-creator Andy Muschietti explains how Season 2 will &#8216;not&#8217; shy away from the &#8216;horrible&#8217; cultural themes of the 1930s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5342,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[4213,4214],"class_list":["post-5343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tv","tag-andy-muschietti","tag-it-welcome-to-derry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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