FIRST LOOK: Meet the clown from It

Cape Town – If you have a fear of clowns look away now.

Entertainment Weekly exclusively revealed the first picture of the terrifying clown Pennywise from the remake of Stephen King's, It.

Bill Skarsgard will play the role of the evil, supernatural clown.

See him here:

Pennywise the Clown is nothing short of terrifying in this exclusive first look from next year’s film adaptation of Stephen King’s #It. That feeling you have right now? Coulrophobia. Click the link in our bio for more. ??: Marco Grob.

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Speaking about the role Skarsgard says it is such an extreme, inhumane character. 

“It’s beyond even a sociopath, because he’s not even human. He’s not even a clown. I’m playing just one of the beings It creates," he told Entertainment Weekly.

He wants his take on the character to be original and fresh. 

The two-part remake will reportedly focus on the group of friend as adults as they face the possibility of returning home to once again fight Pennywise as they did decades ago.

Other cast member includes Jaeden Lieberher, Finn Wolfhard, Sophia Lillis, Jack Dylan Grazer, Wyatt Oleff, Chosen Jacobs, and Jeremy Ray Taylor.

The first film will be in theatres in the US on 8 September 2017.