This: Welcome to Derry is on the way, and the upcoming prequel series is making up for the biggest missed opportunity of 2024’s big Stephen King movie. This films, This: Welcome to Derry is set to further expand the horrific world of the Stephen King thriller, with the series acting as a prequel to the 2017 and 2019 films. The HBO series will take place in the 1960s and focus on a new batch of Pennywise’s victims, with This: Welcome to Derry already acting as a huge improvement over this critically panned Stephen King film.
2017 This is one of the most popular films based on a Stephen King book of all time, with the start of an entire franchise and the resurgence of interest in big-budget Stephen King films. Since This was released in 2017, all sorts of movies and TV shows based on Stephen King stories have been greenlit, many of them being big-budget remakes of horror stories that had previously been made into films. However, This: Welcome to Derry is set to tell an entirely original story set in the This universe, allowing you to improve Salem Lot.
It: Welcome To Derry is taking a deep dive into the city’s history
Two decades before 2017
The best part about This: Welcome to Derry is that the upcoming series takes a deep dive into the history of the city of Derry, Maine. Derry, Maine was the setting for many of Stephen King’s most popular storiesand although it is associated with all types of books, it is best known for being the setting of This. The title of This: Welcome to Derry shows how important the city of Derry, Maine will be for the next This prequel, with the history of the city and reveals even more about the tradition of This being one of the most exciting things about the show.
While both This films only focused on two appearances of Pennywise, the franchise established that the clown returns every 27 years. This means that This: Welcome to DerryThe 1960s setting will perfectly match Pennywise’s appearance. The series will no doubt follow a new group of characters as they try to investigate Pennywise’s connection to the city of Derry as well as how to stop the monster. The show will flesh out Derry, Maine even more than it did in the films, which is incredibly exciting news for fans of the franchise.
How Salem’s Lot Couldn’t Make the Setting Feel Like Its Own Character
It wasn’t as good as the book
This: Welcome to Derry is already having success where 2024 Salem Lot film failed. While Salem Lot It’s a story about vampires, The whole appeal of Stephen King’s original book is the city of Jerusalem’s Lot. The story spends a lot of time developing random side characters and showcasing strange details that make the world of Jerusalem’s Lot feel entirely unique, allowing the audience to care when vampires start to take over. However, the year 2024 Salem Lot the remake missed the mark here, as Jerusalem’s Lot doesn’t look anything special in the film.
Since 2024 Salem Lot it was just a feature film, it didn’t have enough time to give the city of Jerusalem’s Lot the necessary attention to detail. The stories of the main characters were almost never missed, with the rest of the city being underdeveloped. This destroys the entire appeal of Salem Lot away, and while it may be impossible to achieve that in a feature film, that doesn’t give the 2024 film an excuse.
Welcome to Derry further proves that Salem’s Lot would have worked better as a TV show
Giving Jerusalem the time it needed
2024 Salem Lot it didn’t need to be a movie, and This: Welcome to Derry proves it would have worked much better as a TV show. Developing the city of Derry, Maine, would not work in a This previous film as there simply isn’t enough time. Instead, HBO is doing This: Welcome to Derry a TV show, giving the series enough time to focus on those details.
If Salem Lot Had it been a miniseries instead of a movie, then it could have focused on the weird side characters and the little details that made the book great. Instead, 2024 Salem Lot is one of the worst adaptations in history, being a huge disappointment in preparation for This: Welcome to Derry.