Will Poulter Will Play 'Pennywise' In New Adap Of Stephen King's IT
"They all float down here, Georgie." New Line's retelling of Stephen King's classic horror tale has found its killer clown, as Will Poulter (The Maze Runner, Son Of Rambow) will take on the role made (in)famous by Tim Curry in the 1991 miniseries. Click on for more details....
According to Variety, 22-year-old British actor Will Poulter (The Revenant, Son of Rambow, The Maze Runner, The Chronicles of Narnia, We’re the Millers) has been cast as Pennywise the clown in New Line's remake of IT, which will be directed by Cary Fukunaga. Tim Curry terrified an entire generation back in 1991 when he played the murderous demon, who disguised himself as a clown to lure children to their doom. Apparently older actors such as Mark Rylance and Ben Mendelsohn were considered initially, but after being blown away by Poulter's audition New Line and Fukunaga decided to go a different route.
Fukunaga also penned the screenplay along with Chase Palmer, and Seth Grahame-Smith and David Katzenberg will produce through their KatzSmith banner. The plan is to split King's 900 page novel into two films.
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