In the coming months and years, the MAX platform will offer series originating from Warner Bros. flagship franchises. Thus, the Harry Potter series is in the works, the prequel series Dune: Prophecy is being filmed, and The Penguin series, a Batman spin-off, is expected on the platform in the fall.
Another franchise is also making an impact by expanding this universe and it will continue to terrorize the public with one of the most terrifying villains in cinema. Andy Muschietti’s diptych It is getting a spin-off series called Welcome to Derry, due to air on MAX in 2025.
The villain translator of It’s Back!
Created by Andy Muschietti and Barbara Muschietti, this prequel is set in 1960s Derry, where strange things happen to Pennywise, a mysterious clown who haunts the community.
When this project was announced, the question was whether Bill Skarsgård, the interpreter of Pennywise in It: Chapter 1 and It: Chapter 2, would reprise his iconic role in the series. For a long time, the Swedish actor avoided the question or assumed that he was not involved in this new fiction.
but today Deadline We’re told Bill Skarsgård will be there! So the actor has to slip into the creepy Pennywise costume once again, but also produce a prequel series.
He’s already more or less teased his return and his new collaboration with Andy Muschietti in an interview in recent days. EsquireAnd it seems to be confirmed.
Therefore, he will join the cast of already selected actors such as Taylor Page (Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F), Yovan Adepo (3-Body Problem), Chris Chalk (Gotham), James Remar (Oppenheimer), Madeleine Stowe (Revenge) and Stephen Ryder ( Marvel’s Daredevil).
The series “Welcome to Derry” will be available on France’s MAX platform.
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