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Pennywise to return in ‘It’ prequel series ‘Welcome To Derry’
It prequel series on HBO Max.The infamous clown will be given an origin story in the new series set in the 1960s called Welcome to Derry, according to Variety.It: Part One and It: Part Two director Andy Muschietti is on board to executive produce the series alongside Barbara Muschietti and Jason Fuschs.HBO Max and WBTV have declined requests for comment at the time of writing, and there is no word on further plot or cast details yet.Back in 2017, Bill Skarsgård explained why he took on the role of Pennywise in a conversation with NME.“I was excited just to even audition for [Pennywise]. I’m in my mid-twenties, so the roles I’m usually going up for are characters that might be fun, but they’re all pretty close to me,” he said.“They tend to look like you and talk like you and are the same age as you.
