WELCOME TO DERRY: Bill Skarsgård to Reprise Pennywise

Bill Skarsgård is returning to the world of IT—the actor will reprise his role of Pennywise (which he played in the films IT and IT CHAPTER TWO) for the upcoming Max series WELCOME TO DERRY, the streamer announced.

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CASTLE ROCK: Bill Skarsgård on Diving Back into the Stephen King Universe

Bill Skarsgård made a splash when he played Pennywise in 2017’s film adaptation of Stephen King’s IT, and he didn’t stray far in the aftermath. Skarsgård plays a vital—and mysterious—role in Hulu’s CASTLE ROCK, an original drama based on the terrifying town that played a key role in many of King’s stories.

But understandably, Skarsgård was initially a bit hesitant about signing on to another King project so close to IT. “I was a little bit reluctant to [join the show]—everything was very secretive about this project,” Skarsgård told reporters before the show’s Comic-Con panel. “I was reluctant because I was like, I had just done something in that world, and I don’t know how that interferes with that IT narrative. But as soon as they allowed me to read the pilot, that all changed. I fell in love with the show; I thought it was an amazingly strong pilot. I met Sam [Shaw] and Dusty [Thomason], the writers, and just loved those guys, so at that point it was, ‘I’m in. I really want to do this.'”

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CASTLE ROCK Series Premiere: ‘Severance’ Photos

CASTLE ROCK, the new anthology drama set in the Stephen King multiverse, debuts on Hulu in July—and the first mysterious photos are here.

The series (from creators Sam Shaw and Dustin Thomason) stars André Holland, Melanie Lynskey, Sissy Spacek, Bill Skarsgård, Jane Levy, and Scott Glenn as inhabitants of the cursed small town Castle Rock. (Where stories like “The Dead Zone,” “Cujo,” and “Needful Things” were set.)

Check out some photos from the CASTLE ROCK series premiere!

CASTLE ROCK, Series Premiere, Wednesday, July 25, Hulu

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