It: The Beginning of Pennywise

It: The Beginning of Pennywise is the upcoming animated movie prequel to the 1990 miniseries & two chapters of 2017/2019 films based on Stephen King's novel. The movie was produced by New Line Cinema & Katzsmith Productions, and is distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.

Plot
There are some stories about how it all began. The End.
 * 1700: It was born.
 * 1715 – 1716: It painfully awakes.
 * 1740 – 1743: It starts a three-year reign of terror that culminates in the disappearance of over three hundred settlers from Derry Township (similar to the lost Roanoke Colony, which was founded as a logging town.)
 * 1769 – 1770: It awakes again.
 * 1851: IT awakes when a man named John Markson poisons his own family, then commits suicide by eating a white nightshade mushroom, causing an excruciating death.
 * 1876 – 1879: It awakes, then returns to hibernation after murdering a group of lumberjacks who were later found near the Kenduskeag Stream.
 * 1904: It awakes when a lumberjack named Claude Heroux murders a dozen men in a bar with just one axe. Heroux was promptly pursued by a mob of townsfolk and hung.
 * 1906: It returns to hibernation when the Kitchener Ironworks explode, killing 108 people, 88 of whom were children at an Easter egg hunt.
 * Derry starts as a beaver camp until 91 people vanish. The rumored cause is plague or slaughter by Indians, but there are no signs of an attack. The only evidence is the presence of bloody clothes at the Well House.
 * 1908: IT awakens after the Kitchener Ironworks explosion, where 102 people die (88 kids and 14 adults).
 * 1929: It awakes when a group of Derry citizens ambushes and kills the Bradley Gang, a group of robbers and murderers. The town, including its police chief, pretends it never happened. However, a witness later recounts the tale to Mike Hanlon, including seeing a clown in farmer's attire participating in the slaying.
 * 1930: It returns to hibernation when the Maine Legion of White Decency, a Northern counterpart to the Ku Klux Klan, burns down "The Black Spot", a nightclub known to cater to African-Americans at the nearby army base. IT appears at the location as a giant bird with balloons on its wings, witnessed by Mike's grandfather William Hanlon.
 * 1935: IT awakens after the Bradley Gang shootout.
 * 1957: It awakes when Dorsey Corcoran is beaten to death by his stepfather, Richard Macklin.
 * 1962: IT awakens when the The Black Spot is burned down by a cult.
 * 1984: It when three bullies assault Adrian Mellon and Don Hagarty, a homosexual couple. The bullies throw Mellon off a bridge and IT, in the form of Pennywise, attacks and kills him.
 * In 1985, when MIke asks a witness and if he saw anyone, he didn't know that night or seemed out of place. He remembered seeing "a comical sort of fella". He also said he had seen him a few more times since.
 * 1988: IT awakens to eat kids for a year before going into hibernation. Georgie Denbrough dies by Pennywise biting his arm off and dragging him into the sewers. Bill Denbrough (Georgie's older brother) and the Losers' Club investigate, which culminates in his (and other victims of IT) finding of its den and forcing IT to go back into hibernation when the monster falls into a deep well. The Losers' club learns from Beverly about the future and they swear that, if IT returns one day, they will come back to destroy it once and for all. But unfortunately, they were all punished by the parents for all bad things. Mr. & Mrs. Denbrough furiously sends Bill to England for life and get divorced. Mrs. Hanscom furiously takes Ben to New York for not apologize to the guest. Mr. Marsh furiously sends Beverly away to Chicago for disobeying rules and made a bloody mess in the bathroom sink (before the Losers' club totally cleans up as teamwork earlier), Mrs. Kaspbrak furiously takes Eddie to Great Neck, New York. Mr. & Mrs. Tolzier furiously takes Richie to Beverly Hills, CA, for watching too much movies (including horror movies), Mr. Uris furiously takes Stan to Atlanta, GA, for failed to follow the practice very strictly. Mike Hanlon, is forced to home-schooled by his father (after his grandfather's death while It disappears). And Henry Bowers is hereby institutionalized in Juniper Hills. for the murders of his own abusive father (and the other children nobody mentioned).
 * 2018: Mike works as a librarian in Derry. IT resurfaces and murders several children, prompting Mike to contact his estranged friends to fulfill their vow. Bill has become a bestselling horror novelist married to British actress Audra Phillips, Ben is an architect, Beverly is a fashion designer abused by her co-worker Tom Rogan, Richie is a late night television comedian, Eddie runs a limousine service but still lives with his overbearing mother and Stan is a married real estate broker. Stan’s wife later discovers he has committed suicide in the bath. The other Losers return to Derry, tormented by Pennywise and reunite, later learning of Stan’s suicide. Henry escapes from the asylum with help from IT, to murder The Losers. Audra travels to Derry but is captured by IT, hypnotized by the monster’s “Deadlights”. Henry ambushes Mike, but is stabbed by his own knife when Eddie and Ben fight him. Mike is hospitalized, giving Bill the 2 pieces of silver he retrieved from the sewers. The 5 remaining Losers return to the sewers to confront IT. Bill discovers Audra has been taken prisoner, but is supported by his friends. They reach IT's inner sanctum, find the catatonic Audra, and IT's true form of a gigantic, otherworldly spider. Bill, Ben, and Richie are entranced by the Deadlights, while Beverly scrambles to retrieve the silver bullets after misfiring them. Eddie attempts to repeat the wound he inflicted on IT as a child, but is mortally wounded. Beverly frees her friends, but Eddie dies. The others chase the injured It, ripping out it's heart and killing IT. They remove Eddie’s body and the catatonic Audra from the sewers. The Losers go their separate ways once again, their memories of IT fading over time. Mike recovers in hospital, Beverly and Ben get married and expect their first child, and Richie is cast in a film. Bill is the last to leave Derry, coaxing Audra out of her catatonia by riding down the street on his childhood bike “Silver”. Audra recovers and kisses Bill in the middle of the town. As for Mike Hanlon, he is hereby kicked out of Derry by the chief and is will be sent to Haddonfield, Illinois, where he'll spend the rest of the life.

Cast

 * Jeremy Sumpter as Bill Denbrough
 * August Maturo as Young Bill Denbrough
 * Alex Moss as Ben Hanscom
 * Kaden Barry as Young Ben Hanscom
 * Jane Levy as Beverly Marsh
 * Ariana Greenblatt as Young Beverly Marsh
 * Caleb Landry Jones as Eddie Kasplak
 * Aias Dalman as Young Eddie Kasplak
 * Michael Carollo as Richie Tolzier
 * D.J. Felder as Young Richie Tolzier
 * Kyle Gallner as Stan Uris
 * Malachi Barton as Young Stan Uris
 * Darius Devontaye Green as Mike Hanlon
 * Evan Alex as Young Mike Hanlon
 * Jared Gilmore as Young Henry Bowers
 * Anson Mount as Henry Bowers
 * Bill Skarsgård as Pennywise
 * Mark Lindsay Chapman as the narrator

Post Production
Skywalker Sound

Release
It: The Beginning of Pennywise will be in theaters in 2021 by Warner Bros. Pictures.