After the new photos debuted yesterday featuringPennywisethe Clown and The Losers Club, most fans hoped that the first teaser was just around the corner. Today, we have a brief preview and new poster, which will get fans ready for the trailer that is set to arrive early tomorrow morning, Wednesday, March 29. Unfortunately, this trailer preview doesn’t actually show Pennywise in action, or any members of The Losers Club. But it does warn that this clown is surfacing once again in Derry, Maine.
Warner Bros.debuted this brief trailer preview on YouTube, which has a member ofThe Losers Clubexclaiming that he’s seen something dangerous.Stranger ThingsstarFinn Wolfhard, who stars as Richie Tolzier, replies by saying, “A clown? I saw it too.” The video only shows us the inside of a creek tunnel, along with this voiceover. We’ll finally see much more when the first full trailer drops tomorrow. This adaptation is shaping up to be one of this fall’s most anticipated movies, and if this trailer preview isn’t enough, the poster featuring that nefarious clown and his iconic red balloon should get you ready for Pennywise’s arrival.
New Line Cinema’s horror thrillerIT, directed byAndrés Muschietti(Mama), is based on the hugely popularStephen Kingnovel of the same name, which has been terrifying readers for decades. 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. This movie, which is set in the year 1989, will be the first in a two-part adaptation, with the second movie following the same Losers Club characters as adults, as they have to face Pennywise once again.
ITstarsBill Skarsgard(Hemlock Grove) as the story’s central villain,Pennywise. An ensemble of young actors also star in the film, includingJaeden Lieberher(Midnight Special),Jeremy Ray Taylor(Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip),Sophia Lillis(37),Finn Wolfhard(TV’sStranger Things),Wyatt Oleff(Guardians of the Galaxy),Chosen Jacobs(upcomingCops and Robbers),Jack Dylan Grazer(Tales of Halloween) andNicholas Hamilton(Captain Fantastic). The cast is rounded out byOwen Teague,Javier Botet,Stephen WilliamsandStephen Bogaert.
MuschiettidirectedITfrom a screenplay byChase Palmer&Cary FukunagaandGary Dauberman, based on the novel byStephen King.Roy Lee,Dan Lin,Seth Grahame-Smith,David KatzenbergandBarbara Muschiettiare the producers, withRichard Brener,Dave Neustadter,Walter Hamada,Marty P. Ewing,Doug DavisonandJon Silkserving as executive producers. The behind-the-scenes creative team included director of photographyChung-Hoon Chung(Me and Earl and the Dying Girl), production designerClaude Pare(Rise of the Planet of the Apes), editorJason Ballantine(The Great Gatsby), and costume designerJanie Bryant(TV’sMad Men). The music was composed byBenjamin Wallfisch.IThits theaters on September 8, which currently has that date all to itself, arriving between STX Entertainment’sRenegadeson September 1 and Lionsgate’sAmerican Assassinand Sony’sThe Soultreanon September 15. Take a look at the trailer preview and poster forITbelow, and check back tomorrow for the full trailer.
