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Pennywise is breaking his 27-year curse and returning to Derry prior to anticipated. Joining him are Taylour Paige, Jovan Adepo, Chris Chalk, and James Remar, who’ve all been added to the forged, Variety reported on April 5. Like many different particulars concerning the present, their particular roles are being saved beneath wraps.
HBO Max introduced that an “It” prequel collection titled “Welcome to Derry” was within the works on March 29, 2022, and formally gave it the inexperienced mild on Feb. 23. The collection, impressed by Stephen King’s horror basic, will discover life in Derry main as much as Pennywise’s tirade on the Losers Club earlier than the razor-toothed killer clown’s misdeeds led Georgie to his unlucky destiny in that wet sewer drain.
However, there is a massive caveat. On March 28, in an interview with Jake’s Takes, Bill Skarsgård, who acquired vital popularity of his position as Pennywise, stated that right now he isn’t concerned with “Welcome to Derry.” “We’ll see what they provide you with and what they do with it,” he stated of the prequel collection. “I’m, as of now, not at present concerned with it, and if another person will get to do it my recommendation would simply be do it your individual, make it your individual, have enjoyable with it.”
Read forward to search out out the whole lot else we all know concerning the terrifying new collection.
“Welcome to Derry” Plot
The upcoming “It” prequel collection, written by Jason Fuchs and government produced by Andy Muschietti, brings us again to the city of Derry, ME, earlier than the Losers Club was shaped. Like King’s guide and the horror film franchise that adopted, “Welcome to Derry” will check out a bunch of pals who’re compelled to tackle their best fears when kids start to vanish by the hands of a murderous clown named Pennywise. The collection will painting the occasions main as much as 2017’s “It.”
“Welcome to Derry” Cast
So far, Paige, Adepo, Chalk, and Remar have all been forged, although nothing is thought about what characters they will play.
It’s unclear if any of the movie collection’ forged members will return, however for now, all we all know is that Skarsgård shouldn’t be hooked up to the undertaking.
The authentic 1990 “It” miniseries starred Richard Thomas (Bill Denbrough), Annette O’Toole (Beverly Marsh), John Ritter (Ben Hanscom), Harry Anderson (Richie Tozier), Dennis Christopher (Eddie Kaspbrak), Tim Reid (Mike Hanlon), and Richard Masur (Stanley Uris) as the principle members of the Losers Club and Tim Curry as Pennywise.
In 2017’s “It,” the forged included Jaeden Lieberher (Bill Denbrough), Jeremy Ray Taylor (Ben Hanscom), Sophia Lillis (Beverly Marsh), Finn Wolfhard (Richie Tozier), Jack Dylan Grazer (Eddie Kaspbrak), Chosen Jacobs (Mike Hanlon), Wyatt Oleff (Stanley Uris), and Skarsgård as Pennywise. The sequel, “It Chapter Two” (2019), then noticed Jessica Chastain (Beverly Marsh), James McAvoy (Bill Denbrough), Bill Hader (Richie Tozier), Isaiah Mustafa (Mike Hanlon), Jay Ryan (Ben Hanscom), James Ransone (Eddie Kaspbrak), and Andy Bean (Stanley Uris) step in as older variations of the small-town crew.