NEW YORK, Oct. 27 (UPI) -- Producer Barbara Muschietti says viewers will have to wait a bit to see Bill Skarsgard terrorize the titular town as Pennywise in the new It prequel series, Welcome to Derry.
"He is our 'shark' and we believe wholeheartedly that we can't allow the audience to get comfortable with him. We have to hide the ball," Barbara told the crowd at New York Comic Con, comparing the sewer-dwelling killer clown to the little-seen, man-eating fish in the movie Jaws.
Barbara's brother Andy, who directed the pilot episode, added: "There was an intention to the late appearance [of the entity It] in Pennywise form. It creates this anticipation, this buildup, this suspense.
"Part of this unpredictability is, 'When is this clown going to show up?' I can't tell you when," he said. "But he will. I think it's an interesting game because, of course, It's a shape-shifter. He's present in other incarnations for a run, for a while. And then, when you least expect it, there he is."
Set in a quiet Maine town where horrible things happen to children every 27 years, the series premiered Sunday on HBO and HBO Max. Episode 2 is set to air on Friday, Halloween night.
