{"id":85052,"date":"2025-10-17T20:53:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T20:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/85052\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T20:53:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T20:53:08","slug":"pennywise-wont-appear-in-it-welcome-to-derry-until-later-in-the-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/85052\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennywise Won’t Appear in ‘IT: Welcome to Derry’ Until Later in the Season"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bill Skarsg\u00e5rd will return as Pennywise in \u201cIT: Welcome to Derry,\u201d but don\u2019t expect to see the dancing clown until later in season.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a shapeshifting creature, and in the movies there\u2019s only so much space to see those non-Pennywise manifestations,\u201d co-showrunner Jason Fuchs tells EW<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Director and co-creator Andy Muschietti, who likens the build in anticipation to the reveal of the shark in Jaws, adds, \u201cIf people are watching to be terrified, they will be terrified from the get-go.\u201d<\/p>\n

Serving as a prequel to\u00a0Muschietti\u2019s IT films based on Stephen King\u2018s 1986 novel, the eight-episode series premieres Sunday, October 26, at 9pm ET\/PT on HBO and HBO Max.<\/p>\n

The first season is set in 1962, with plans or the second season to take place in 1935 and the third season to be set in 1908.<\/p>\n

Jovan Adepo (\u201cThe Stand\u201d), Taylour Paige\u00a0(The Toxic Avenger), Chris Chalk\u00a0(\u201cGotham\u201d), James Remar (\u201cDexter\u201d), Stephen Rider (\u201cDaredevil\u201d), Madeleine Stowe (\u201cRevenge\u201d), and Rudy Mancuso\u00a0(The Flash) star.<\/p>\n

Alixandra Fuchs\u00a0(Boogeyman Pop), Kimberly Guerrero\u00a0(\u201cReservation Dogs\u201d), Dorian Grey\u00a0(Star Trek: Discovery),\u00a0Thomas Mitchell\u00a0(Spiral: From the Book of Saw), BJ Harrison (Rise of the Planet of the Apes), Peter Outerbridge\u00a0(Saw VI),\u00a0Shane Marriott (\u201cFargo\u201d),\u00a0Chad Rook\u00a0(Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City), Joshua Odjick\u00a0(The Long Walk), and Morningstar Angeline\u00a0(\u201cEcho\u201d) round out the cast.<\/p>\n

Fuchs, who wrote the script for the first episode, serves as co-showrunner alongside Brad Caleb Kane (\u201cCrystal Lake\u201d).<\/p>\n

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