A new It: Welcome to Derry update has shed some more light on when fans might be able to expect a second season, and why one hasn’t been ordered yet.

What’s the latest update on It: Welcome to Derry’s Season 2?

In a recent interview with Deadline, HBO CEO Casey Bloys was asked about why Welcome to Derry hasn’t been ordered for a second season yet despite the show’s massive success. Bloys said the show was “not in limbo at all,” and that Andy and Barbara Muschietti are actually working on ideas for a second season. Bloys went on to mention that he’d happily want another season if it comes to it.

“Let me say, not in limbo at all. Hardly,” Bloys said. “It was a huge success for us. And Andy [Muschietti] and Barbara [Muschietti] are hard at work trying to come up with an idea for a story they’d want to tell for another season. I would happily do it.

“One of the challenges is, there’s not a book that you’re basing it on, so it’s invention. They want to make sure that they have a story they’re excited to tell. So it’s not limbo other than they need to land on something they’re excited by creatively. We’ll be there.”

It: Welcome to Derry premiered in October 2025, and was a big hit for HBO. The series received a ton of praise for much of its production value and acting. The series saw Bill Skarsgård reprise his role as Pennywise, and also starred Taylour Paige, Jovan Adepo, James Remar, Stephen Rider, Matilda Lawler, Amanda Christine, Clara Stack, Blake Cameron James, and more.

“Set in the world of Stephen King’s It universe, Welcome to Derry is based on King’s It novel,” the series’ current description reads. “It expands the vision established by filmmaker Andy Muschietti in the feature films It and It Chapter Two.”

Andy Muschietti, who directed It and It Chapter Two, developed Welcome to Derry alongside Barbara Muschietti and Jason Fuchs. Andy Muschietti also directed four episodes in the nine-episode series.

Andy and Barbara Muschietti also serve as executive producers alongside Skarsgård, Fuchs, Brad Caleb Kane, David Coatsworth, Shelley Meals, Roy Lee, and Dan Lin. Fuchs and Kane serve as co-showrunners.

(Source: Deadline)