‘IT: Welcome To Derry’ A “Parable Of Fear Mongering” More Relevant Now Than When It Was Written, Says Andy Muschietti
The HBO series highlights 1960s social issues and fear mongering through new and original characters alongside Pennywise, reflecting themes relevant to both past and present, Muschietti said.
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‘IT: Welcome To Derry’ A “Parable Of Fear Mongering” More Relevant Now Than When It Was Written, Says Andy Muschietti
Tonight at the premiere for HBO’s IT: Welcome to Derry, Andy and Barbara Muschietti, the Argentina-born, producer-director siblings, offered insight into the real-life relevance of the horror genre and Stephen Kings’s novel, specifically. The Muschiettis developed the series with Jason Fuchs who, along with Brad Caleb Kane, serves as showrunner. Andy directs several episodes. He and […]
'It: Welcome to Derry' Review: HBO’s Prequel Series Doesn’t Reach Its Full Potential Until It’s Too Late
After his It duology took the box office by storm in the late 2010s, Andy Muschietti is back with HBO’s prequel series It: Welcome to Derry, which takes place in the 1960s, before Pennywise showed himself as a clown, manifesting as various spirits and ghouls. The first episode follows Matty (Miles Ekhardt), a runaway desperate to escape the clutches of his abusive father. As he prowls around Derry at night, he hitches a ride with a family who be…
Laurence Fishburne, the stars of ‘IT: Welcome to Derry’ among the Black artists at New York Comic Con NABJ Black News & Views
NEW YORK — Nas, Laurence Fishburne, and the stars of HBO’s “IT: Welcome to Derry” and Prime Video’s “Cross” were among the Black artists who made speaking appearances at the 2025 edition of New York Comic Con, which took place Oct. 9 to Oct. 12 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York
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