“As of now, I’m not currently involved with it,” the 32-year-old said of the project. “If someone else gets to do it, my advice would be: Do it your own. Make it your own. Have fun with it. What I found pleasurable about that character is how abstract he was.”
Based on one of Stephen King’s most popular novels of the same name, the “It” franchise follows an ancient, trans-dimensional evil entity who loves to prey upon children (and the occasional adult) in the haunted town of Derry, Maine, every 27 years.
Set in 1960, the books and movie adaptations follow a group of friends called the Losers’ Club who battle the unhinged evil demon first as kids, and then again 27 years later as adults, putting an end to Pennywise once and for all.
Before Skarsgård stepped into the role for the 2017 and 2019 films, the homicidal, pasty-faced antagonist was originally portrayed by actor Tim Curry in the critically-acclaimed 1990 mini TV series “It.”
“It would have to be the right type of approach to it,” Skarsgård said at the time. “The book ends where the second movie ends, so that is the final chapter of this story. There is this interesting aspect of going back in time before all this happened.”
“There might be a story there that might be worth exploring,” he added. “Obviously that would be a story that’s not in the book, it would be a freestanding story, but obviously within the same universe. So, there might be something interesting out of it. I think it would be fun.”
Though plot details are on the hush-hush, according to Variety, the official logline states, “Set in the world of Stephen King’s ‘It’ universe, ‘Welcome to Derry’ is based on King’s ‘It’ novel and expands the vision established by filmmaker Andy Muschietti in the feature films ‘It’ and ‘It: Chapter Two.’”
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