It Prequel Welcome to Derry Co-Creator Confirms How Many More Seasons Could Be Coming

Season 1 of It: Welcome to Derry is in the books, and the obvious question came fast: are we getting more? Short version: the creators are thinking way bigger than a one-and-done.

A three-season plan, by design

Co-creator Andy Muschietti says the show was never built as a single-season experiment. Speaking to Cinepop, he laid out the intention pretty clearly:

"Our intention is to complete this big story, which is the three seasons of Welcome to Derry. Season 1 is just the first of three steps."

Translation: Seasons 2 and 3 aren’t officially renewed yet, but the arc is mapped out. The idea is a self-contained three-season run that digs deeper into Derry’s history and Pennywise’s origin story than the movies had room for.

Where the show is headed

Muschietti has talked before (to Variety) about structuring the series around Pennywise’s major feeding cycles in Derry. It’s a backward march through the town’s worst history, connecting dots Stephen King left scattered in the book’s interludes.

• Season 1: 1962 — the season we just watched, positioned as a direct prequel to the 2017 film
• Season 2: 1935 — expected to push further back into an earlier cycle
• Season 3: 1908 — the oldest cycle in their plan, and where some of the deepest mythology likely lives

Muschietti says they realized there was a hidden narrative running under King’s book — crumbs to follow — and the show is telling that story in reverse. If you felt Season 1 was laying track more than tying bows, that’s the point.

The status right now

To be clear, the network hasn’t announced renewals yet. But the creative roadmap is locked: three seasons, one overarching story, and a deliberate trip backward in time. It’s ambitious, and honestly, kind of refreshing to see a horror series with a finish line baked in.

"Nobody is safe in Derry."

That’s Muschietti’s blunt promise. Given where Season 1 left things — and the decades left to explore — don’t get attached.