IT: Welcome to Derry is set to premiere just in time for Halloween on October 26, and HBO Max has now released a final red-band trailer, giving us our first proper look at the return of Pennywise the Clown, who will once again be played by Bill Skarsg\u00e5rd.<\/p>\n
There was speculation that this prequel series may introduce a new take on the ancient shape-shifting entity, and while the terrifying demon is sure to wear a few different faces\u00a0over the course of the series, it looks like he’ll mostly be staying in his most familiar form.<\/p>\n
\u201cBill and I were fantasizing about the character of Bob Gray and an origin story,\u201d Andy Muschietti tells Deadline<\/a>. \u201cThere was an enthusiasm to go back and explore the complexities of this character.\u201d<\/p>\n “We never did TV before, but there\u2019s a bunch of TV shows that mean a lot to me and I appreciate the format, having a bigger canvas to tell a story, and the impact that has on audiences,\u201d he continues. \u201cOur love for the book, and the vacuum created by all these mysteries and question marks in it, mean you end up, as a reader, not understanding everything, including the mystery of IT. What is IT? What does IT want?\u201d<\/p>\n This latest promo also features Chris Chalk as a younger Dick Hallorann, who was introduced in Stephen King’s The Shining (the character does actually appear in King’s IT novel).<\/p>\n \u00a0“The thing that Dick fears is himself,” Chalk told EW<\/a> in a recent interview. “You’re gonna meet him at a stage when he has a different relationship with his internal self, with his spiritual world and his biggest fear is himself and losing control.”<\/p>\n Check out the new trailer below.<\/p>\n Run. #ITWelcomeToDerry<\/a> premieres October 26 on HBO Max.pic.twitter.com\/Y7QKjPz3mt<\/a><\/p>\n