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IT’s Official Pennywise Has Been Cast

Since its initial announcement, New Line’s IT remake has had trouble getting off the ground. Earlier this year we received word that Will Poulter would no longer be playing the evil clown Pennywise. For months fans have been recommending actors they think would fit the part. Rumors have been swirling the past few weeks that an actor had signed on for the part. News comes today via ComingSoon.com that an actor has indeed been chosen. Swedish actor Bill Skarsgard (brother of Alexander Skarsgard) is putting on the red nose and starring as Pennywise, originally played by Tim Curry. Skarsguard is most well known for his role on Eli Roth’s series Hemlock Grove and in The Divergent Series: Allegiant. The cast who will play the young protagonists includes Jaeden Lieberher (Midnight Special), Finn Wolfhard (Stranger things), Jack Dylan Grazer (Tales of Halloween), Wyatt Oleff (Guardians of the Galaxy), Chosen Jacbs (Hawaii Five-O) , and Jeremy Ray Taylor (42). Andy Muschietti (Mama)

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 2, 2016
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Pennywise Is Coming To New York!

The reboot of the 1990 miniseries ‘IT’, based on the Stephen King novel by the same name, is finally entering the pre-production phase of filming. After a five year wait, ‘IT’ will begin filming this June in New York. The new version of ‘IT’ will be divided into two films and possibly a trilogy by director Cary Fukunaga. Writers Seth Grahame Smith, David Kajganich and Chase Palmer wrote the script for the new ‘IT’. Director Cary Fukunaga The biggest delay in filming has been trying to find a new Pennywise who can match Tim Curry’s performance as the killer clown (if that’s even possible). There is no word yet who has been cast as the new Pennywise or who else will star in ‘IT’. ‘It’ follows the story of a group of adults who have returned to their home town, where they were tormented as children by bullies and by visions of a killer clown named Pennywise. The seven kids

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 1, 2015

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IT’s Official Pennywise Has Been Cast

Since its initial announcement, New Line’s IT remake has had trouble getting off the ground. Earlier this year we received word that Will Poulter would no longer be playing the evil clown Pennywise. For months fans have been recommending actors they think would fit the part. Rumors have been swirling the past few weeks that an actor had signed on for the part. News comes today via ComingSoon.com that an actor has indeed been chosen. Swedish actor Bill Skarsgard (brother of Alexander Skarsgard) is putting on the red nose and starring as Pennywise, originally played by Tim Curry. Skarsguard is most well known for his role on Eli Roth’s series Hemlock Grove and in The Divergent Series: Allegiant. The cast who will play the young protagonists includes Jaeden Lieberher (Midnight Special), Finn Wolfhard (Stranger things), Jack Dylan Grazer (Tales of Halloween), Wyatt Oleff (Guardians of the Galaxy), Chosen Jacbs (Hawaii Five-O) , and Jeremy Ray Taylor (42). Andy Muschietti (Mama)

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 2, 2016
Horror Fuel

Pennywise Is Coming To New York!

The reboot of the 1990 miniseries ‘IT’, based on the Stephen King novel by the same name, is finally entering the pre-production phase of filming. After a five year wait, ‘IT’ will begin filming this June in New York. The new version of ‘IT’ will be divided into two films and possibly a trilogy by director Cary Fukunaga. Writers Seth Grahame Smith, David Kajganich and Chase Palmer wrote the script for the new ‘IT’. Director Cary Fukunaga The biggest delay in filming has been trying to find a new Pennywise who can match Tim Curry’s performance as the killer clown (if that’s even possible). There is no word yet who has been cast as the new Pennywise or who else will star in ‘IT’. ‘It’ follows the story of a group of adults who have returned to their home town, where they were tormented as children by bullies and by visions of a killer clown named Pennywise. The seven kids

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 1, 2015