Skarsgård Returns as Pennywise For Prequel Series

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Written by Timothy Rawles

May 31, 2024

Bill Skarsgård is returning to the Stephen King universe for the Hulu series Welcome to Derry as the fear monger killer clown Pennywise, a role he rebooted for Andy Muschietti‘s 2017 adaptation of King’s novel It. 

Deadline reports that Skarsgård will join two other execs from both the first and second chapters: producer Barbara Muschietti and co-producer Jason Fuch

The series is currently filming in Canada and probably won’t be ready to air until 2025. 

Meanwhile Skarsgård is having a bumper year. He recently starred in the hyper-graphic martial arts action movie Boy Kills World and is awaiting how fans will respond to his character Eric in The Crow, another reboot of a popular work of literature. 

Furthermore, he’s starring in another horror adaptation, Nosferatu, as Count Orlok, a blood-thirsty vampire who invades a small town.

As for Welcome to Derry, it is based on a story by Andy Muschietti and a prequel to his previous two It films. It’s projected to be ready to air in 2025.

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Timothy Rawles has been a horror fan ever since his dad bought a used hearse and drove the family to the old Orange County, California, drive-in on weekends. For more than 30 years, he has fueled that passion through horror magazines, novels, and dark rides. A journalist for over 25 years, Timothy has covered a wide range of social issues, but horror has always remained his true passion. Through iHorror, he now shares that love of the genre with fans around the world.

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