Welcome to Derry Sets Season 2 in the Depression-Era 1935

It: Welcome to Derry is heading to 1935 for its second season, trading its Cold War setting for a Depression-era story that showrunner Brad Caleb Kane described as “a Warner Bros. gangster picture through the lens of Pennywise and Stephen King.” Speaking with Entertainment Weekly, Kane said the next season will take place 27 years before the first and will be “very, very bloody.” The plot will reportedly center on the Bradley Gang, a group of criminals from King’s fictional history who robbed stores and banks before local townspeople ambushed and killed them in a 1935 shootout. In the source material, Pennywise was present during the killings. That story would bring a crime-driven focus to the series while keeping its supernatural horror roots. The eight-episode first season took place in 1962, exploring the town’s trauma and Pennywise’s feeding habits against a backdrop of Cold War tensions. The series is a direct prequel to Andy Muschietti’s It films. Kane said he’s working closely with Andy and Barbara Muschietti on the second season’s setting, characters and story to keep it consistent with the films and King’s world. “Andy and Barbara are very generous collaborators, and they ...