Bill Skarsgård is back in Derry, Maine, to terrorize some kids in "It: Welcome to Derry," the upcoming prequel series to the recent film adaptations of Stephen King's "It" that promises to deliver not just another terrifying story of a killer clown, but a proper origin story for Skargård's Pennywise the Clown .

This is excellent news for everyone who was scared out of their minds back in 2017 when Skarsgård first played Pennywise, as he was a big part of why that movie was so successful. It seems obvious that Skarsgård would reprise his role in the TV show as he is the only piece of connective tissue between the prequel series and the original story, but the actor originally was quite hesitant to return.

In the November 2025 issue of SFX Magazine , co-creator and executive-producer

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