The mini-series pulled in a huge 30 million viewers for its two parts, and also received two Emmy nominations to boot.
“We live in an era where adaptations of Stephen King’s work have never been more prolific and culturally relevant,” Campopiano said.
Now a brand new Indiegogo-funded documentary, Pennywise: The Story of IT, about the making of original adaptation of IT is ready to premiere at The Sitges International Film Festival of Catalonia on October 15th, promising the definitive behind the scenes look at the making of cult classic.
Pennywise the Dancing Clown, the sinister, child-luring persona of Stephen King’s IT, found a new lease on life in 2017 when Andy Muschietti’s two part movie brought the nightmare of Derry, Maine, to a new generation of filmgoers.