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Watch the IT: Welcome to Derry panel featuring Andy & Barbara Muschietti and more from NYCC 2025

The producer/director duo Barbara and Andy Muschietti joined writer Kane, developer Fuchs and stars Chalk, Remar, Adepo, Rider, Paige, and Guerrero in welcoming New York Comic Con to the worst little town in America: Derry, Maine

Features by Grant DeArmitt, Staff Writer

Published on Fri Oct 24 2025

For fans of the frightful, few panels were more sought after at New York Comic Con 2025 than HBO's sneak peak at their upcoming prequel series IT: Welcome to Derry. And for good reason - taking the stage to tease the Stephen King-insipred show were Barbara and Andy Muschietti,series writer Brad Caleb Kane, developer Jason Fuchs, and acst members Chris Chalk, James Remar, Jovan Adepo, Stephen Rider, Taylour Paige, and Kimberly Guerrero.

You'll understand why we couldn't just let the event go by without filming it.

This is one of the numerous panels from New York Comic Con 2025 that Popverse filmed. Consult our New York Comic Con 2025 panel video guide for a list of all of the panels we filmed, and when we'll be releasing them

Put on your dancing shoes (the jingly ones) and watch

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Grant DeArmitt: Grant DeArmitt (he/him) likes horror, comics, and the unholy union of the two. In the past, and despite their better judgment, he has written for Nightmare on Film Street and Newsarama. He lives in Brooklyn with his partner, Kingsley, and corgi, Legs.