Terrifying 'Pennywise' Concept Art For Vincenzo Natali's Defunct IT Project

Terrifying 'Pennywise' Concept Art For Vincenzo Natali's Defunct IT Project

Splice director Vincenzo Natali has been sharing awesome images from several cancelled projects on Twitter, and after the jump you can see some grotesque designs for his take on Pennywise the clown from an adaptation of Stephen King's IT that never got off the ground. Sleep well!

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By MarkCassidy - Jun 07, 2015 10:06 AM EST
Filed Under: Horror
Source: Twitter
We recently found out that director Cary Fukunaga had left New Line's planned remake (well, re-adaptation) of Stephen King's IT, but apparently all is not lost as the studio is currently searching for a replacement.

As it turns out, Vincenzo Natali pitched an idea for his own take on the horror tale at one point, and you can see some Pennywise concept art from the director (apparently he's responsible for the “not so good” drawings) and artist Amro Attia below. If the clown looks half as terrifying as this in the new movie people might well run from the theater. The last one, in particular, is the stuff of nightmares.

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ALegendaryPanda
ALegendaryPanda - 6/7/2015, 10:12 AM
Not even gonna lie, this is some creepy shit..
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 6/7/2015, 10:16 AM
MexicanSuperman , it's another word for scary - to "cause extreme fear";)
ScottMontgomery
ScottMontgomery - 6/7/2015, 10:18 AM
Wow! That is some creepy stuff right there
SuperCat
SuperCat - 6/7/2015, 10:22 AM
Cavity Creeps got him.
StopRogerWardel
StopRogerWardel - 6/7/2015, 10:22 AM
Wow they ripped his guy off! Watch the end.
SuperCat
SuperCat - 6/7/2015, 10:24 AM
DeusExSponge
DeusExSponge - 6/7/2015, 10:30 AM
That last one is horrifying, the rest are rather tame though.
MCUsDarkKnight
MCUsDarkKnight - 6/7/2015, 10:36 AM
All those looks like shit!
DarthBastard
DarthBastard - 6/7/2015, 10:38 AM
Clown's are creepy just as they are, when you try to make them monsters you just make them look goofy...
leecifer
leecifer - 6/7/2015, 10:45 AM
The kid from we are the miller's and maze runner is playing pennywise. I'm really not too sure how I feel about this.
Desr0w
Desr0w - 6/7/2015, 10:52 AM
IT looks like crap... creppy it's not rotten, the creepiness of the first one isn't cause he looks mean or like a monster on the contrary, he looks funny and friendly, until he devours someone.
MrMartyMarvel
MrMartyMarvel - 6/7/2015, 11:05 AM
Well, it's scarier than Tim Curry at least.
Hush2010
Hush2010 - 6/7/2015, 11:11 AM
Simple is better dont overdo it. What was scary was how unpredictable he was and what he was hiding
Ryguy88
Ryguy88 - 6/7/2015, 11:19 AM
@ManCalledSting

Dude, its not a redo! The first one was a cheap, made for TV movie. They need a good horror director with a decent budget and about 4 hours spread across 2 films to do a proper version of this. Fukanaga would have been great, didn't know Natali was involved at one point but he would have been great too!
Ryguy88
Ryguy88 - 6/7/2015, 11:21 AM
And Pennywise comes in many forms. They could have used the standard creepy clown look as well as these deformed versions. Thats kinda why its called concept art, you know?
TheNameIsBetty
TheNameIsBetty - 6/7/2015, 11:26 AM
The colored pencil ones look ridiculous, that's not Pennywise at all. The first one is just about perfect, in my humble opinion. The last one is a bit on the nose, no pun intended -- maybe a little much. Sorry to be such a critic, Stephen King's It is one of my favorite stories ever. I dig it though, here's to the movie(s) actually being greenlit.
MrBurns
MrBurns - 6/7/2015, 11:43 AM
Awesome artwork! They definitely look really creepy and scary. But how scary the character is, isn't solely based upon how he (or rather 'It') looks. How scary the character is, also depends on how good a performance the actor gives. This is why Tim Curry was so fantastic in the original.

Not sure how I feel about Will Poulter being cast in the role. My initial thoughts were that he's too young...but who knows? Maybe he'll be great.

Natali is a great director though. I really liked Splice, Cypher and Cube. It would have been great to see him do it. I honestly can't think who they will go with now.
TheRedCondom
TheRedCondom - 6/7/2015, 12:57 PM
I'm still sad this movie got canned. Not a fan of remakes, but IT was definitely deserving of one.
TheRedCondom
TheRedCondom - 6/7/2015, 12:58 PM
And I think I like the clean cut version better.
Deschain99
Deschain99 - 6/7/2015, 1:58 PM
He supposed to look like a clean goofy clown not a . . . nvm IDGAF.
thunderpun573
thunderpun573 - 6/7/2015, 2:14 PM
Totally agree @Doopie
superbatspiderman
superbatspiderman - 6/7/2015, 2:46 PM
Tim Curry was creepy without the sharp teeth and yellow eyes. Just the normal clown is scary there is no need to make him look like a werewolf in clown makeup.
KingEmperor
KingEmperor - 6/7/2015, 3:12 PM
Now they're just trying too hard. The creepiness of Pennywise comes from the actor himself.
OldSchoolGeek
OldSchoolGeek - 6/7/2015, 4:53 PM
Oh did I accidentally come to novelmovie.com?
BeyondTheGrave
BeyondTheGrave - 6/7/2015, 5:25 PM
Tim curry sold that movie, without him it doesn't matter what you do make-up wise it's just gonna be a scary clown. Curry made IT...well IT.
darkraven
darkraven - 6/7/2015, 9:28 PM
That is some seriously creepy and distributing images.
djjoshuacarl
djjoshuacarl - 6/8/2015, 2:19 PM
its too bad about Tim Curry though... one of my all time favs
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