New Line and parent company Warner Bros. setPart 1 ofItto arrive September 2017.
It also tracks the group as adults, when the clown seems to have reappeared.
True Detectivehelmer Cary Fukunaga was originally on board last year, withWill Poulter cast as Pennywise.
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Fukunaga dropped out in May 2015due to script and budget concerns, indefinitely delaying the project.
Pennywise was cemented as his frightening self with Tim Currys turn in the 1990 miniseries.
Bill Skarsgard is the son ofGood Will Huntingstar Stellan Skarsgard and the brother ofTrue Bloods Alexander Skarsgard.
BesidesHemlock Grove, hes also appeared in the Swedish dramedySimple Simonand World War II dramaSimon & the Oaks.
The Hollywood Reporterfirst reported the news.
