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• IT: Welcome to Derry season 1 ended on Dec. 14
• The show’s creators have mentioned a three-season plan with each one taking place in a different year
• IT: Welcome to Derry had notable ratings throughout its debut run

Pennywise has scary circus has left town — for now.

On Dec. 14, the season 1 finale of IT: Welcome to Derry premiered, featuring a frightening showdown with Pennywise the dancing clown (Bill Skarsgård), as well as confirming unexpected connections the horror show has to the 2017 and 2019 It movies.

The first chapter of IT: Welcome to Derry has come to a close, but the creators have already been vocal about where — and when — they would like to see the series go next.

“When we all sat down and started thinking about this, there were three chapters in our heads,” co-showrunner Jason Fuchs told Deadline when asked about what’s planned for the show.

With the first season now over, here’s what to know about IT: Welcome to Derry season 2, including whether Skarsgård will be back to terrorize more children of the picturesque Maine town.

Will there be a season 2 of IT: Welcome to Derry?

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IT: Welcome to Derry has not been officially renewed for season 2.

While the future of IT: Welcome to Derry has not been confirmed, one thing is sure: it has been a ratings hit.

According to Variety, the premiere of the series is among the highest rated for HBO Max, just behind The Last of Us and House of the Dragon. Ratings have also “grown nearly 60% each week” since the show’s debut.

What will IT: Welcome to Derry season 2 be about?

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‘IT: Welcome to Derry’

IT: Welcome to Derry season 2 has not been confirmed, but the creators have spoken about their multi-season plan for the series.

“Our big story arc involves three seasons, mainly based on the three critical cycles of Pennywise, which are 1962, 1935 and 1908,” co-creator Andy Muschietti told Variety in October 2025.

In the season 1 finale of IT: Welcome to Derry, it was revealed that Pennywise doesn’t experience time linearly. He already knows that he’s going to be killed by members of the Losers Club in the future, so the next season could see him going back in time to prevent it.

When will IT: Welcome to Derry season 2 be set?

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‘IT: Welcome to Derry’

Season 1 of IT: Welcome to Derry was mainly set in 1962, and the co-creators have hinted that subsequent installments will take the action back to 1935 and 1908, as the creature awakens from his sleep cycle every 27 years.

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“There is a reason why there are three seasons and there is a very clear end goal of a bigger arc. It’s not just, ‘Let’s see what happens in Season 2,’ ” Muschietti told Collider in October 2025. “There is a reason why we decided to tell this story and specifically tell it backwards.”

“There is satisfaction at the end of Season 1, but there is definitely a question mark at the end of it,” he teased.

Will Bill Skarsgård return for IT: Welcome to Derry season 2?

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‘IT: Welcome to Derry’

There have been no casting announcements about IT: Welcome to Derry season 2, including whether Skarsgård will be back to clown it up as Pennywise.

After playing him in It and It: Chapter Two, the actor admitted he was hesitant to slip on Pennywise’s dancing shoes again, but said “things changed” when he heard about what producers Andy and Barbara Muschietti had in mind for the prequel series.

In a December 2024 interview on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Skarsgård talked about his experience of filming IT: Welcome to Derry, saying, “It was fun. I enjoyed it more than I thought I would, actually.”

“And there’s parts of it where we got to explore sides of old Pennywise that you haven’t seen, and that’s fun,” he continued, per Deadline. “I think there’s some cool stuff in there that we haven’t seen that I’m excited for the people to watch and enjoy hopefully.”

Even if Skarsgård did reprise his role for a second season, it is unclear if he would be in every episode, since Pennywise didn’t make his grand entrance until episode 5 of the first season.

Where can I watch IT: Welcome to Derry?

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‘IT: Welcome to Derry’

IT: Welcome to Derry está disponible para ver en HBO Max.

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