It

It (also known as It: Part 1 – The Losers' Club) is an upcoming American supernatural horror movie based on Stephen King's 1986 novel of the same name. Bill Skarsgård stars as Pennywise The Dancing Clown, the title character and main antagonist of the movie. The film tells the story of seven children in Derry, Maine who are terrorized by the eponymous being, only to face their own personal demons in the process.

The film also stars Jaeden Lieberher as Bill Denbrough, while the supporting cast is compromised of Jeremy Ray Taylor, Sophia Lillis, Finn Wolfhard, Wyatt Oleff, Chosen Jacobs, Jack Dylan Grazer, and Nicholas Hamilton.

It is scheduled for release on September 8, 2017 in the United States.

Casting
Will Poulter was originally cast for the role when Fakunaga was directing the movie, but a new round of casting commenced when Fakunaga departed.

Producer Dan Lin said they were searching for someone to create "a Pennywise character that would stand on its own." When Bill auditioned, he put a different spin on the character that got them really excited and freaked them out. Commenting on Bill's physicality, Lin stated, "His build is really interesting. He’s really tall and lanky, and feels a little clown like in his movement."

Bill's character
Bill described his character as "such an extreme character. Inhumane. It’s beyond even a sociopath, because he's not even human. He's not even a clown. I'm playing just one of the beings It creates."

"It truly enjoys the shape of the clown Pennywise, and enjoys the game and the hunt. What's funny to this evil entity might not be funny to everyone else. But he thinks it's funny."

Director Andrés Muschietti said of the character, "Pennywise shows up, he's front and center, and he does his show. He has an act. So it's weird all the time, and every little thing implies a further threat."