Bring the Terror Home: It Welcome to Derry Hits 4K UHD, Blu-ray, and DVD This May

If you missed It: Welcome to Derry during its HBO run or you just want the clown on your shelf, good news: season 1 is headed to disc.

Physical media drop

Warner Bros is rolling out It: Welcome to Derry season 1 on 4K UHD, Blu-ray, and DVD on May 5. Amazon already has preorders up; the 4K is temporarily out of stock as of right now, which probably says what you think it says about demand.

What the show is

Welcome to Derry is a prequel to the two-part feature adaptation of Stephen King’s It. It aired on HBO and HBO Max, and its first season just wrapped. It’s a nine-episode season that digs into Derry’s earlier nightmares, with Bill Skarsgard back in the greasepaint as Pennywise.

Who is making it

Showrunners are Brad Caleb Kane (Tokyo Vice) and Jason Fuchs (Wonder Woman), with Fuchs having also co-produced It: Chapter Two. Minor fun fact: Kane also recently signed on to run the Friday the 13th series Crystal Lake.

The executive producer bench is deep: Andy and Barbara Muschietti (the siblings behind the It films) via their company Double Dream, plus Kane, Fuchs, Shelley Meals, Roy Lee, and Dan Lin. The series is produced by HBO Max and Warner Bros Television.

Fuchs wrote the season’s first episode from a story he developed with the Muschiettis. Andy Muschietti directed four of the nine episodes.

"I’m excited that the story of Derry, Maine’s most haunted city, is continuing, and I’m glad Andy Muschietti is going to be overseeing the frightening festivities, along with a brain trust including his talented sister, Barbara. Red balloons all around!"

- Stephen King, when the series was first announced

The Muschiettis have said the show lets them explore more of the novel’s heart, humor, humanity, and horror than they could fit into two movies. That tracks with how this season expands the town’s history.

Cast

• Bill Skarsgard as Pennywise (yep, he’s back)
• Taylour Paige
• Jovan Adepo
• Chris Chalk
• James Remar
• Madeleine Stowe
• Stephen Rider
• Alixandra Fuchs
• Kimberly Guerrero
• Dorian Grey
• Thomas Mitchell
• BJ Harrison
• Peter Outerbridge
• Shane Marriott
• Chad Rook
• Joshua Odjick
• Rudy Mancuso
• Morningstar Angeline

Where it is headed

The plan (as of now) is three seasons, each one stepping further back in time: season 1 is set in 1962, season 2 in 1935, and season 3 in 1908. Warner Bros is reportedly happy with how season 1 turned out and wants to get season 2 moving quickly.

And the early verdict

JoBlo’s Alex Maidy gave the season an 8/10, which lines up with the general vibe: confident world-building, plenty of dread, and a nasty clown who still knows how to make an entrance.