With a trailer soon knocking at our door with that ominous slow bang a number of new images have been released for the new Stephen King adaptation of IT which you can view below.
Originally adapted as a TV miniseries back in 1990 with Tim Curry’s performance as Pennywise the Clown becoming what legends are made off, this new adaptation of King’s scarily creepy IT only has 6 months before it gets its first airing. It hasn’t been without its hiccups along the way, Britain’s own Will Poulter was initially set to play the murderous villain, Pennywise the Clown but jumped ship following original director Cary Fukunaga departure but it wasn’t long before Allegiant and Hemlock Grove Actor, Bill Skarsgard took over the role of the scariest clown to grace our screens.
Set over two parts with part one focusing on a bunch of teens called The Loser’s Club and part two revisiting the group as adults the story recalls a promise made twenty-eight years ago that forces seven adults to reunite in Derry, Maine, where as teenagers they battled an evil creature that preyed on the city’s children. Not completely sure that their Loser’s Club had vanquished the creature all those years ago, the seven had vowed to return to Derry if IT should ever reappear. Now, children are being murdered again and their repressed memories of that summer return as they prepare to do battle with the monster lurking in Derry’s sewers once more.
With Andy Muschietti directing IT also stars Jaeden Lieberher (Midnight Special) as Bill Denbrough, Finn Wolfhard (Stranger Things) as Richie Tozier, newcomer Sophia Lillis as Beverly Marsh, Jack Dylan Grazer (Tales of Halloween) as Stan Uris, Wyatt Oleff (Guardians of the Galaxy) as Eddie Kaspbrak, Chosen Jacobs (Hawaii Five-0) as Mike Hanlon and Jeremy Ray Taylor (42) as Ben Hanscom.
Do the new images give you a whole new thirst for this horror or do they leave you feeling less than impressed?
