By Melanie Ramirez, Writer | October 14, 2025 Stephen King at the PEN Literary Gala at the American Natural History Museum in 2018 courtesy of Associate Press This October, IT: Welcome to Derry is set to premiere on the 26th as an original prequel series to the IT franchise, streaming exclusively on HBO Max. As some would know the original novel, "IT" written by Stephen King was published on September 15, 1986 making it 39 years old following this week. The novel is set in fi
