Losers' Club, watch out: Bill Skarsgård's nightmarish new take on Pennywise is featured in a frightening photo from the upcoming IT movie that's based on the epic 1986 novel of the same name by Stephen King.
Unveiled by EW, the new photo from IT features the ancient evil of the small town of Derry in one of its favorite forms: Pennywise the clown, who was previously played by Tim Curry in the 1990 IT miniseries and is portrayed by Bill Skarsgård in the big screen version.
IT is planned as a two-movie adaptation, with the first film following the Losers’ Club as kids facing evil incarnate in the small town of Derry in the 1980s, with the second movie expected to focus on the Losers’ Club as adults once again tasked with defeating the malevolent entity that haunts their hometown… and their souls.
Andrés Muschietti (Mama) directs IT from a screenplay he wrote with Gary Doberman. Dan Lin, Roy Lee, Seth Grahame-Smith, and David Katzenberg are on board as producers, with Jon Silk executive producing the project.
Here's what Muschietti told EW about the latest take on Pennywise:
"Pennywise shows up, he's front and center, and he does his show. He has an act. So it's weird all the time, and every little thing implies a further threat."
In addition to Skarsgård, the cast for the new IT movie includes Finn Wolfhard, Jaeden Lieberher, Jack Dylan Grazer, Wyatt Oleff, Chosen Jacobs, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Owen Teague, Sophia Lillis, and Nicholas Hamilton.
IT is scheduled for a September 8th, 2017 release from Warner Bros. Stay tuned to Daily Dead for more updates.
Photo by Brooke Palmer / New Line Cinema via EW:
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