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It and It: Chapter Two star Bill Skarsgård (Nosferatu) has officially signed back on to reprise the function of sewer-dwelling, kid-consuming clown Pennywise for Max’s Welcome to Derry series. The returning Pennywise joins castmates Taylour Paige, Jovan Adepo, Chris Chalk, and James Remar.
According to Deadline, Skarsgård will also executive generate the show along with his fellow It film franchise inventive group at Warner Bros. The show was inspired by the Stephen King novel It and was created by the franchise’s director Andy Muschietti with producer Barbara Muschietti. They’re also joined by Chapter Two co-producer Jason Fuchs with the films’ other producers, Roy Lee and Dan Lin. Now with Skarsgård in the mix, we’re excited for extra horror in the prequel series. Muschietti is set to direct 4 episodes out of the nine in the series order.
Not too long ago, Bill Skarsgård starred in Boy Kills Planet and will be featured as Eric Draven in the upcoming The Crow reboot, even though Andy Muschietti remained in the Warner Bros. household with The Flash. Needless to say, we are excited to see them group up once again with extra globe-constructing and creepy killer clownery in the Stephen King universe. Their take on It has turn out to be the quintessential one particular garnering $1.17 billion worldwide. And in an age with ever-expanding mythologies, characters like Pennywise can preserve floating on in horror infamy as extended as he desires.
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