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mgarnica89 · Aug 16, 2016

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For that, the filmmaker relied on Emmy-winning costume designer Janie Bryant (Deadwood, Mad Men) who crafted a form-fitting suit that draws upon a number of bygone times – among them Medieval, Renaissance, Elizabethan, and Victorian eras.

More info at this article.

http://www.ew.com/article/2016/08/16/pennywise-costume-stephen-king-it-movie

jetles · Aug 16, 2016

Is this part of the DC universe? It's so dark and gray.

supermarioworldE · Aug 16, 2016

What's up with that forehead?

#thehillshaveclowns

BokehKing · Aug 16, 2016

Why is he in a tutu?
I get the whole... midevil times but, I don't know, Tim curry spoiled I suppose

Dash_Riprock · Aug 16, 2016

Great, Generic Monster Clown, exactly what I did NOT want it be to be.

HStallion · Aug 16, 2016

Seems more fitting for a Killer Klowns from Outer Space remake.

Discotheque · Aug 16, 2016

more or less what we all expected here. scary clown. those buckteeth tho.

plasmawave · Aug 16, 2016

Looks like a Jojo character.

SDCowboy · Aug 16, 2016

Eh, I'm sorry but clowns that are designed to look scary, typically don't.

Fancy Clown · Aug 16, 2016

Looks like shit

LegendofDragoonLives · Aug 16, 2016

Dash_Riprock said:
Great, Generic Monster Clown, exactly what I did NOT want it be to be.

A clown looking like a clown, I'm also massively shocked.

Dash_Riprock · Aug 16, 2016

LegendofDragoonLives said:
A clown looking like a clown, I'm also massively shocked.

Spoken like someone who has never read the novel.

Lord_Balkan · Aug 16, 2016

supermarioworldE said:
What's up with that forehead?

#thehillshaveclowns

they must have picked #thelastclownontheleft

I love bad puns

themagicalkitsune · Aug 16, 2016

WHAT? They're remaking IT?

Please don't be shit this time, please please the book is too good

SJRB · Aug 16, 2016

Tries too hard to be creepy, I guess? Can't put my finger on it.

Zombie James · Aug 16, 2016

They're trying too hard. The genius of the original Pennywise was how plain and ordinary he looked. He could be any clown at any kids birthday party.

That's why it was scary as fuck.

Arthr2ShdsJcksn · Aug 16, 2016

Just like every other reboot
...bland and stupid looking.

NealMcCauley · Aug 16, 2016

IMO part of what makes Tim Curry Pennywise so creepy is how normal the costume looks compared to Curry's face and mannerisms.

This looks like Harley Quinn cosplay for men.

Killua · Aug 16, 2016

Looks like Chucky

Discotheque · Aug 16, 2016

themagicalkitsune said:
WHAT? They're remaking IT?

Please don't be shit this time, please please the book is too good

it could have been the best mainstream horror movie in like a decade or more but then new line chickened out and hired the director of sinister or some shit.

Jme · Aug 16, 2016

Tim Curry's version works better, because he could pass for a normal Clown.

Snaku · Aug 16, 2016

Trying to make a clown scary actually has the opposite effect in my experience.

BokehKing · Aug 16, 2016

Circus close are more frightening than mid evil close because they look friendlier and that's what I'll stand by.

He looks more like a court jester, which yeah I know is a clown but look at your traditional circus clown, look how friendly

Sephzilla · Aug 16, 2016

What made original Pennywise creepy was the fact that he, for the most part, was the way he emoted - not the way he looked. Original Pennywise looked generally like a normal clown. Not sure I'm a fan of blatantly evil looking Pennywise here.

StriKeVillain · Aug 16, 2016

That looks terrible.

Elysium-777 · Aug 16, 2016

Eh, I guess it's not horrible. I wish they would have chosen someone older though, I feel like it would have upped the creep factor.

Dash_Riprock · Aug 16, 2016

Snaku said:
Trying to make a clown scary actually has the opposite effect in my experience.

Indeed, he just looks like a ticked-off Juggalo.

Metalmarc · Aug 16, 2016

This looks meh.

BlueTsunami · Aug 16, 2016

Yikes.

Maybe give it an eyepatch and a knife. May as well go all the way.

Pyramid head · Aug 16, 2016

SDCowboy said:
Eh, I'm sorry but clowns that are designed to look scary, typically don't.

This. Looks completely meh.

I'd prefer this:

Snaku · Aug 16, 2016

I mean Georgie would take one look at that thing in the storm drain and NOPE NOPE NOPE right the fuck home. How is that thing supposed to lure children in?

Busty · Aug 16, 2016

J_Viper · Aug 16, 2016

TWISTED FUCKING PSYCHOPATH

Yaboosh · Aug 16, 2016

Snaku said:
I mean Georgie would take one look at that thing in the storm drain and NOPE NOPE NOPE right the fuck home. How is that thing supposed to lure children in?

No kid is going to go up to a clown in a storm drain just t his stupid paper boat back anyway.

And once he starts talking about floating? If that doesn't scare a kid away I doubt this makeup will.

SDCowboy · Aug 16, 2016

Zombie James said:
They're trying too hard. The genius of the original Pennywise was how plain and ordinary he looked. He could be any clown at any kids birthday party.

That's why it was scary as fuck.

Yep. That right there looks scary as fuck.

thecouncil · Aug 16, 2016

dude has a head like Samuel Sterns.

Ridley327 · Aug 16, 2016

I like the various historical elements that the costuming features, but I will agree wholeheartedly that a big reason why Curry's Pennywise was so effectively creepy was that he looked like a regular clown, which helped sell the terror of his turns as the façade breaks down and shows It for what it really is. Making it outwardly antagonistic doesn't give it nearly the same creep factor.

Matty77 · Aug 16, 2016

It could work.

And I am sick of people using curry as a barometer, they are not remaking the mini series they are readapting the book and some people myself included think that while curry was good in that miniseries it was a far from great representation of IT from the book.

diunxx · Aug 16, 2016

Looks terrible

mysocksarepink · Aug 16, 2016

OriginofHysteria · Aug 16, 2016

Zombie James said:
They're trying too hard. The genius of the original Pennywise was how plain and ordinary he looked. He could be any clown at any kids birthday party.

That's why it was scary as fuck.

Agreed, he just looked so original that it made the character creepy. This one is just too try hard.

HStallion · Aug 16, 2016

The real deal best clown to terrify children. Schwing!

OnionPowder · Aug 16, 2016

Zombie James said:
They're trying too hard. The genius of the original Pennywise was how plain and ordinary he looked. He could be any clown at any kids birthday party.

That's why it was scary as fuck.

IIRC it's a big no-no for clowns to have sharp edges on any of their paint. That's one of the reasons it looks so creepy.

kurahador · Aug 16, 2016

Zombie James said:
They're trying too hard. The genius of the original Pennywise was how plain and ordinary he looked. He could be any clown at any kids birthday party.

That's why it was scary as fuck.

Agreed. Hell...even BTS pictures of original IT was scary lol.

Paracelsus · Aug 16, 2016

Zombie James said:
They're trying too hard. The genius of the original Pennywise was how plain and ordinary he looked. He could be any clown at any kids birthday party.

That's why it was scary as fuck.

And that about wraps it up. He's pretty much another take on Ronald McDonald.

Joni · Aug 16, 2016

BGBW · Aug 16, 2016

His forehead looks like it'll float more than his balloons.

SDCowboy · Aug 16, 2016

kurahador said:
Agreed. Hell...even BTS pictures of original IT was scary lol.

Yeah that pic is great.

Insane Metal · Aug 16, 2016

Alright this looks like shit.

Toa TAK · Aug 16, 2016

Naw.

This look takes away the fun from the clown.

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