Pennywise is back in first It remake movie trailers
I’m a little late to the It party, but better late than never, right? A few trailers and teasers for the upcoming remake of the 1990 TV mini-series based off of Stephen King’s original novel have made the rounds, and it’s safe to say the update is creepier, darker, and less Tim Curry-er. Curry’s incarnation of the iconic clown is hard to forget, but all signs point toward the remake looking like a promising reincarnation of both the story and the creature/clown/character. Whether you loved the book or feared the mini-series, It should be worth the watch to see what’s changed, what’s stayed the same, and whether clowns can still be terrifying.
Check out two It trailers, read a short plot synopsis, and take a look at the poster for It after the jump.
Here’s the first trailer that was released back in March:
And here’s a “first look” trailer that followed in May:
What do you think? That clown getting under your skin yet? If anything, the movie’s trailers showcase goosebump-inducing images that will haunt the nightmares of youngsters who manage to sneak in without their parents permission (That’s a thing still, right? Kids going to R-rated movies and regretting it later is still a thing?). Plus, there’s some intriguing casting and direction going on here. For a movie that relies heavily on its younger actors/actresses, It has a few solid performers in the kid cavalcade (like Midnight Special’s Jaeden Lieberher and Stranger Things’ Finn Wolfhard). Andrés Muschietti is in the director’s chair, and if you don’t know the name, you may be familiar with his work movie Mama. Muschietti is also slated to direct a big-screen Shadow of the Colossus movie, so here’s hoping his It iteration knocks it out of the park so he can go on to bigger and better things.
As for It, if you’re not familiar with the story or haven’t seen the mini-series from the ’90s, here’s a barebones plot synopsis to fill you in:
When children begin to disappear in the town of Derry, Maine, a group of young kids are faced with their biggest fears when they square off against an evil clown named Pennywise, whose history of murder and violence dates back for centuries.
It stars Bill Skarsgård, Finn Wolfhard, Jaeden Lieberher, Megan Charpentier, Owen Teague, Nicholas Hamilton, Jack Dylan Grazer, Sophia Lillis, Javier Botet. The movie hits theaters September 8, 2017.
