Bill Skarsgard is Your New Pennywise The Clown in IT Remake

Earlier this morning, we wrote about how actor Kirk Acevedo was testing for the role of Pennywise the Clown in the upcoming remake of Stephen King's It, but it sounds like all of the speculation can now be put to rest. THR reports that Bill Skarsgard has snagged the lead role and will don the makeup for Mama director Andy Muschietti in the new movie.

Bill Skarsgard is the son of Avengers actor Stellan Skarsgard and the brother of Alexander Skarsgard, and you may have seen him in Divergent or the Netflix series Hemlock Grove (I've never seen him in anything, so I can't really comment on his potential Pennywise-ness). He'll appear in this film alongside Jaeden Lieberher, Finn Wolfhard, Jack Dylan Grazer, Wyatt Oleff, Chosen Jacobs, and Jeremy Ray Taylor.

The story follows a group of teens called the Losers Club who defeat a creature called It. Years later, the creature returns, and the club, now adults, have to band together again even though they have no memory of the first battle.

Warner Bros. is telling this story in two parts. The first movie will focus on the kids' adventure, and the second movie will revisit those characters as adults. The first part hits theaters on September 8, 2017.