10 Horror Origin Movies That Feel Inevitable
2. Pennywise (It)
To the Losers Club, the shape-shifting creature at the centre of Stephen King's It is known as Pennywise the Dancing Clown. The thing is, Pennywise has undertaken countless different names and numerous different forms over centuries spent causing chaos on Earth.
With Bill Skarsgård's chilling take on Pennywise vanquished by the time It Chapter Two rolled to a close, any further cinematic outing for this particular take on this child-devouring presence would seemingly require a trip back in time.
Speaking to Entertainment Weekly shortly after the release of that second It picture, Skarsgård himself showed he's certainly open to exploring Pennywise's past:
"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."
Likewise, screenwriter Gary Dauberman had similar thoughts during an interview with Gizmodo:
"I do think It was on this planet for a very, very, very long time, and that's a lot of bloodshed and a lot of stories to tell, and I think you could do that for sure."
An It prequel with Bill Skarsgård back in the saddle? Given the response to Skarsgård's Pennywise and, most importantly, the financial returns of Andy Muschietti's two It movies - a combined box office haul of nearly $1.2 billion from a total budget of $114 million - it would seem a no-brainer to delve deeper into the murky backstory of this sinister otherworldly harlequin.