{"id":27188,"date":"2026-05-20T20:17:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T11:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/?p=27188"},"modified":"2026-05-20T20:17:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T11:17:14","slug":"welcome-to-derry-will-shift-themes-in-future-seasons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/?p=27188","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to Derry&#8217; Will Shift Themes in Future Seasons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/bill-skarsgard-welcome_to_derry-1280x853.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Whereas there\u2019s been no official HBO affirmation that <a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/it-welcome-to-derry-review-hbo-pennywise-stephen-king-2000673860\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>It: Welcome to Derry<\/em><\/a> is returning, the present\u2019s reputation means <a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/it-welcome-to-derry-season-2-andy-muschietti-hbo-2000731965\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">extra is all however assured<\/a>. Two of the present\u2019s essential architects, sibling group Andy and Barbara Muschietti, have lengthy spoken about <a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/it-welcome-to-derry-hbo-timeline-pennywise-how-many-seasons-2000548352\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">transferring backward in time<\/a> for the following <em>Welcome to Derry<\/em> season (or seasons), in step with Pennywise\u2019s 27-year hibernation cycle.<\/p>\n<p>Extra just lately, Andy Muschietti honed in on the tales they hope to discover (<a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/welcome-to-derry-season-2-is-built-off-an-old-it-storyline-2000751004\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">yep, it\u2019s Nineteen Thirties gangsters<\/a>). And now, the Muschiettis have stated a bit extra concerning the themes they\u2019re planning on digging into.<\/p>\n<p>Talking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/awards\/consider-this\/it-welcome-to-derry-interview-andy-barbara-muschietti-emmys-1235194913\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indiewire<\/a>, the duo seemed again at season one and acknowledged how a lot its tone mirrors the political local weather of at this time, regardless of being set very particularly through the Chilly Warfare.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWe stay in a time the place fearmongering is practiced so much,\u201d Andy Muschietti stated. \u201cFolks ought to know that it\u2019s a development\u2014not every little thing that comes from \u2018up there\u2019 is true. It\u2019s orchestrated to divide us and make us worry one another for revenue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That outlook was mirrored in <em>It: Welcome to Derry<\/em>\u2018s first season. Pennywise (Invoice Skarsg\u00e5rd) emerges to terrorize the children in Derry, and we hear so much about how he feeds on the worry he generates. That\u2019s why the navy summons Main Hanlon (Jovan Adepo), newly recovered from a head harm that diminished his skill to really feel worry, to work on a particular venture with Normal Shaw (James Remar).<\/p>\n<p>As we study by the tip of the season, Shaw needs to seize Pennywise so he can <em>actually<\/em> weaponize the clown\u2019s skill to encourage worry; his final purpose is to make all of America extra obedient and compliant. (It doesn\u2019t finish properly for Shaw.)<\/p>\n<p>And as Muschietti himself says, the entire theme of season one was \u201cthe weaponization of worry.\u201d Nevertheless, that may broaden sooner or later to incorporate \u201cthe weaponization of religion\u201d and \u201cthe weaponization of affection.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Precisely how that may play into <em>It: Welcome to Derry<\/em>\u2018s storytelling stays to be seen, however with Pennywise within the combine\u2014and present occasions being what they&#8217;re\u2014you&#8217;ll be able to anticipate worry will nonetheless play a giant half.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWe live in a world the place the weaponization of worry is one thing that must be fought every day,\u201d Barbara Muschietti instructed Indiewire. \u201cIf we&#8217;re not conscious, and if we don\u2019t battle it, we are going to succumb like Derry.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Need extra io9 information? 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Two of the present\u2019s essential architects, sibling group Andy and Barbara Muschietti, have lengthy spoken about transferring backward in time for the following Welcome to Derry season (or seasons), in step with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27190,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pc-gimmick"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27188"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27189,"href":"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27188\/revisions\/27189"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}