'It: Welcome to Derry' Season 2 & Season 3 Plans Revealed: Why the Show Will Go Backwards in Time

The season 1 finale of It: Welcome to Derry airs on HBO tonight, and fans are desperate for news about a second season.

Well, unfortunately, HBO has not revealed if the show is renewed or canceled at this time. However…we do have some information about the show’s future.

Keep reading to find out more…

Series co-creators Andy and Barbara Muschietti have a three-season plan for the horror show.

“Our big story arc involves three seasons, mainly based on the three critical cycles of Pennywise, which are 1962, 1935 and 1908,” Andy told Variety.

This means each season, should it be renewed, would go back in time even further.

Season 1 took place in 1962, so season two would take place in 1935 with season three taking place in 1908. Each of these years corresponds with a major event that happened in fictional Derry, Maine from Stephen King’s 1986 novel, “Welcome to Derry.” As we go further back in time, we see more and more of It’s origin story, including taking over Bob Gray’s identity.

“I went into the book and looked at the interludes. I realized there was a hidden story there, and that Stephen King was leaving crumbs that could guide is somewhere. It’s a story told backwards,” Andy continued.

The 1935 event that is highlighted in the book is the Bradley Gang Massacre, where some townsfolk murdered a group of gangsters…and Pennywise the Clown was seen.

The 1908 season would surround the Kitchener Iron Works explosion, where over 100 were killed, including 88 kids. This was a huge event for the monster, as it kicked off its feeding cycle.

Find out which 4 characters are confirmed to survive the events of It: Welcome to Derry season 1.