'It' Remake Shares First Photo of Pennywise the Clown

Back in June, we learned that the remake of Stephen King's It was courting 25-year-old Swedish actor Bill Skarsgård as its Pennywise, the evil shapeshifting entity most often seen as a dancing clown. Today, the first nightmarish look of the fresh take on Tim Curry's classic character is here, courtesy of Entertainment Weekly.

The face paint is cracked, perhaps a reference to It's ancient origins, and the bulbous clown-nose is instead depicted as a dab of red paint. The real new touch here is the crimson lines spreading from Pennywise's lips up his cheeks and past his eyes. And that look on his face spells total doom.