![]() Published in 1986, Stephen King’s massive novel was of course first turned into a mini-series in 1990, with Tim Curry playing the role later played by Bill Skarsgård in the movies. Jason Fuchs ( Wonder Woman, Ice Age: Continental Drift) and Brad Caleb Kane (“Moonhaven,” “Black Sails,” “Fringe”) will serve as co-showrunners for the prequel series. The story is also said to include the origin story of Pennywise the Clown.” Variety had reported last year, “ The series will begin in the 1960s in the time leading up to the events of It: Part One, the 2017 film based on the Stephen King horror novel. #WelcomeToDerry #ITSeries #ITMovie □ #StreamOnMax /wnX3YTIB21 Taylour Paige, Jovan Adepo, James Remar, and Chris Chalk have been cast to star in the Max Original Series and prequel to the IT films, coming in 2024 to Max. Television, with Muschietti set to direct several episodes. Taylour Paige ( Zola), Jovan Adepo (“Watchmen”), Chris Chalk (“Perry Mason”), and James Remar ( Oppenheimer) have also been confirmed to star in the series.Īndy Muschietti and Barbara Muschietti and Jason Fuchs are on board the Pennywise prequel project from Warner Bros. Discovery has announced today that the series will premiere on the Max streaming service in 2024. He's been on screen alongside his bro.īill’s first time on camera was in White Water Fury alongside his brother Alexander at 9 years old.The upcoming series “ Welcome to Derry” will serve as an official prequel to the two Stephen King-based IT movies from Andy Muschietti, and Warner Bros. Some of Bill’s breakout roles include Roman Godfrey on Netflix’s Hemlock Grove and Merkel in Atomic Blonde. His dad is famous.īill’s father Stellan Skarsgård has starred in Good Will Hunting, Thor and the Avengers movies. That’s probably why his brother Alexander Skarsgård is known for True Blood and Big Little Lies and Gustaf Skarsgård is known for Vikings. ![]() Becoming an actor is first priority in the Skarsgård family. Skarsgård’s family has eight kids and half are actors. His favorite movie is the cult South Korean action film Oldboy. He wasn’t a huge fan of horror films growing up and never liked getting scared. ![]() He knows being successful as the character means he’ll traumatize a new generation of children. He terrified a bunch of child actors in the movie by walking onto set in character, and they were visibly shaken after filming had ended. “You can’t really see him at all … He’s very good.” He loves scaring children. Tim Curry, who played Pennywise in the original 1990 it miniseries praised Skarsgård’s performance, saying the new actor doesn’t have a clown face at all. “That's one of his party tricks.” He's Tim Curry-approved. And that's really Skarsgård doing that Jay Ryan, who plays the adult Ben Hanscom, told USA Today. As you see in the movie, Pennywise's eyes will often be pointing-disturbingly-in different directions. He really can distort his face like Pennywise. And, as far as we know, the actor who plays Pennywise in the new film adaptation of Stephen King's It is not a demonic monster-he's a Swedish actor you should get to know. He's the man behind the terrifying evil entity that's giving an entire new generation a clown phobia. In one scene, Jessica Chastain's Beverly sees a vision of Pennywise the clown before he puts on his white paint and we finally get a glimpse of Bill Skarsgård's actual face. In It Chapter 2, audiences briefly see, for the first time, the man behind the make-up.
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