‘IT: Welcome to Derry’ Season 2 Just Got a Major Production Update

It: Welcome to Derry is already looking ahead, and new comments from executive producer Andy Muschietti give a clearer idea of what Season 2 will explore.

Speaking during a recent discussion tied to Deadline’s Contenders TV event, Muschietti confirmed that the next season moves back in time to 1935. He explained that the team is building more directly from Stephen King’s original book, especially some of its darker side stories.

“It’s 1935 – we’re now working on it, and it’s so much fun,” Muschietti said, making it clear that development is already underway.

A big part of the new season will focus on the Bradley Gang, a group of robbers mentioned in the novel. According to Muschietti, their story becomes a major violent event in Derry. He also noted the real-life inspiration behind it.

“The Bradley Gang is based on the Brady Gang, which is a real-life gang of robbers that were executed in the streets of Bangor, Maine… and now we’re creating the event… the massacre of a Bradley gang,” he explained.

The 1935 setting also changes the tone of the show in a big way. Instead of the familiar suburban feel with kids on bikes, the story shifts into the harsh reality of the Great Depression. Muschietti described it as a much bleaker world where people are struggling just to survive.

“There’s no suburban comfort… This is in 1935. It’s a very dire situation. People are very poor,” he said.

Looking even further ahead, Muschietti hinted that the series has a long-term plan. If it continues, Season 3 could explore another tragic moment from Derry’s history, the Kitchener Iron Works explosion, a disaster that killed many children.

In another interview with Variety, Muschietti talked about the bigger storytelling idea behind the show. He said the plan from the beginning was to tell the story in reverse, moving backward through time. This connects directly to how Pennywise experiences reality.

“Our first pitch… was to tell the story backwards… it has to do with how Pennywise experiences time in a non-linear way,” he shared.

That idea also ties into a new layer of danger for the character. Even though audiences know how things end in 2016, the show adds tension by suggesting the creature doesn’t see time the same way humans do.

“There’s another story… where our monster is revealed to be traveling in a different direction of time. It brings another layer of threat,” Muschietti explained.

The series also continues to connect back to the films. One reveal confirmed that Marge is the mother of Richie Tozier, linking the new story to familiar characters in a direct way.

Season 2 is shaping up to be darker, more grounded, and more deeply tied to the original novel’s history of violence in Derry.

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