IT: Welcome to Derry Character Guide – Their Links to the Stephen King Universe Explained

IT: Welcome to Derry character guide – their links to the Stephen King universe explained

One of the world's most adapted authors is adding another notch to his score, with Stephen King's IT serving as the launchpad for chilling prequel series Welcome to Derry.Andy Muschietti, director of 2017's box office smash IT: Chapter One and its sequel, is back to lead this successor, which also sees Bill Skarsgård return to his acclaimed performance as Pennywise the Dancing Clown.Expanding on interludes from King's original novel, Welcome to …

An Icon from ‘The Shining’ Returns in ‘It: Welcome to Derry.’ What Are His Secrets?

Chris Chalk knows you’ll see some Scatman Crothers in his turn as Dick Hallorann—but there are also traces of Viola Davis, Denzel Washington, and Philip Seymour Hoffman.

‘It: Welcome to Derry’: Chris Chalk on Bringing Dick Hallorann From ‘The Shining’ to the Modern Stephen King Universe

Chris Chalk on brought dignity to Stephen King's Dick Hallorann, subverting the 'Magical Black Man' stereotype from 'The Shining'