That cackle you hear is Pennywise the Dancing Clown, Stephen King’s horrific creation that haunts this huge batch of high-res stills for New Line and Andy Muschietti’s long-anticipated horror reboot, It.
Coming to us by way of Collider, the gallery below is teeming with all manner of thrills and spills, including a few up-close looks at Pennywise. Brought to life by former Hemlock Grove star Bill Skarsgård, the Pennywise of 2017 has been dubbed an “animalistic and instinctive” portrayal of King’s horror icon, and it has a taste for hapless children populating that quaint town of Derry, Maine.
And then, there’s The Losers Club. Comprised of the village’s freaks and geeks, down below you’ll be able to familiarize yourself with the film’s steely human heroes. Because once things start going awry, and children begin to disappear across town, The Losers Club band together to confront unspeakable evil. Assuming It‘s box office performance is up to scratch, that’s a confrontation that will span multiple eras, too, given New Line has drawn up tentative plans for a sequel.
But before we get too far ahead of ourselves, here’s that collection of images:
Going up against that transdimensional monster is a whole host of up-and-coming talent, including Sophia Lillis, Jaeden Lieberher, Finn Wolfhard, Jack Dylan Grazer, Wyatt Oleff, Chosen Jacobs and Jeremy Ray Taylor. Javier Botet will play The Leper, and Nicholas Hamilton plays Henry Bowers. The cast also includes Owen Teague, who plays bully Patrick Hocksetter.
It Part 1 – The Losers Club creeps into theaters on September 8th, and it’s eyeing a historic opening at the domestic box office. Will New Line’s adaptation tap out at $60 million, though? Or do you expect the film to climb higher still? Let us know your thoughts and predictions in the usual spot.
