Welcome to the Derry Cast in the “Disgusting” HBO Prequel horror series
HBO’s new horror series “It: Welcome to Derry” is not for the squeamish.
The eight-episode origin story of Pennywise (Bill Skarsgård) is set in 1962 and serves as a prequel to “It” (2018) and its sequel “It: Chapter Two” (2019).
Director Andy Muschietti, who developed the project with his sister Barbara Muschietti and writer and co-showrunner Jason Fox, says he didn’t hold back when it came to loading each episode with as much blood, guts and gore as possible. “I think audiences like to be surprised, they like to be stimulated in ways they haven’t been before,” Lee said at the “Welcome to Derry” premiere in the Warner Bros. parking lot. in Burbank on Monday night, adding, “We’ve done it more intensely in every aspect.”
Barbara said she was shocked that the studio never backed down on their plans. “While we were shooting, I kept thinking, ‘I’m going to get the call,'” she recalled. “But we kept doing these scenes and episodes and they kept responding to them and loving them. We were very lucky to have the support from the studio.”
Taylor Page, who plays a mother who moves to Derry with her army officer husband and their young son, said Barbara had warned her not to watch the show because the actress had given birth to her first child just six months earlier. “She was like, ‘I just had a baby, honey. Maybe it’ll take you a while to watch it because those first few episodes…'” Paige said. “But you know what? If you’re going to do it, do it – do it – go to the end. It’s a lot. It’s crazy. And I had a… unmedicated birth so I was in it. So yeah, it shocked me a little bit more… It was good that she warned me because I felt nauseous.”
Or as Paige said with a big smile: “It’s over!”
Chris Chalk, who plays an army soldier in the series, said he did not realize the extent of the horror until he watched the show. “There are things you will find suitably disgusting,” he said.
Fox remembers his family watching the show. “They say: ‘Is this what you had in mind? This is what was happening when you were scanning this scene on your laptop?'” he said. “Yes, but I think it’s a show about the darkness that’s in all of us. Everyone has the darkness. Everyone has the light. Maybe I have more.” [darkness] Than most programs, but in the case of a presentation like this, it is certainly very useful. We really wanted to push the boundaries in terms of horror, scares and gore. He is merciless. She doesn’t pull any punches.”
In the meantime, I asked the Muschietti family to update their Batman movie. diverse It was exclusively reported in 2023 that Andy is set to direct “Batman: The Brave and the Bold” for DC. This part of Batman is separate from the Caped Crusader series directed by Matt Reeves and starring Robert Pattinson.
“The intention is yes, but we can’t talk about it,” Barbara said when asked if the movie was still happening.
“We’ll have to wait a few months to start talking about it,” Andy said. But then he realized that this was probably too much information: “I’ve already messed it up.”
“It: Welcome to Derry” will premiere on HBO on October 26.
Watch the video below to see me take on Pennywise in the first party’s horror maze.