IT Welcome to Derry: Stephen King’s Note That Changed Everything | Collider BTS

Описание: Welcome to Derry: Reimagining Pennywise’s Origins dives into how director Andy Muschietti and his team expanded Stephen King’s universe for Welcome to Derry, the HBO Max prequel series to It. In this exclusive Collider interview, Muschietti reveals how the creative team built tension by withholding Pennywise’s reveal, designing new nightmares for 1960s Derry, and constructing the catastrophic “Black Spot” sequence across multiple real-world locations.

Muschietti explains the creative freedom of exploring new storylines not found in King’s book—while still honoring its spirit—and how the show balances practical and digital effects to capture the haunting realism of small-town horror. He also discusses the casting process, from working with rising young actors like Matilda Lawler (Station Eleven) to finding fresh emotional depth in familiar archetypes.

For fans of It Chapter One and Chapter Two, this behind-the-scenes look at Welcome to Derry shows how the team crafted both nostalgia and terror, expanding the mythology of Pennywise’s shapeshifting evil while grounding it in history and humanity.

0:00 Introduction – Adapting It for Television
0:39 Building Suspense Without Showing Pennywise
1:08 Designing Fear and 1960s-Inspired Creatures
2:34 Filming the Black Spot Fire Sequence
3:31 Recreating Derry in Port Hope
4:32 Collaborating with Stephen King
5:48 Casting the Next Generation of Losers

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