Anywhere but Derry.” We’re getting the first look at footage from IT: Welcome to Derry (fka Welcome to Derry), HBO Max’s IT prequel series starring and executive produced by Bill Skarsgård in his return as the terrifying killer clown Pennywise.

The highly anticipated Stephen King prequel has been teased for a while, but we’d only had casting announcements and some teaser images. Now, though, we know a lot more about the series, which is set to premier later this year – HBO says it’s coming “this fall”,

It: Welcome to Derry delivers Pennywise scares, buckets of blood, and small town terror in its sinister first trailer.