It Trailer: See Terrifying First Footage of Pennywise

In the first official trailer for the long-awaitedIt remake, seven children from fictional Derry, Maine unite after being terrorized by a disturbing clown named Pennywise (Bill Skarsgrd).

The clip begins in 1957 with the opening scene straight from Stephen Kings 1986 novel, as six-year-old Georgie Denbrough chases after a newspaper boat that falls down a gutter. As he stares down the drain, the boy locks eyes with the evil, face-painted villain.

Later, we meet the films seven child protagonists, including Richie Tozier (Finn Wolfhard from Stranger Things), collectively known as The Losers Club. In voice-over narration, the kids foreshadow the horrors of their seemingly innocent hometown: People die or disappear at six times the national average. And thats just grown-ups. Kids are worse way, way worse.

The crew bands together and discovers the truth that Pennywise is running amok in Derrys sewer system. Throughout, the trailer showcases Andrs Muschiettis unnerving visual style with snippets of eerily floating balloons and Pennywises sharp claws.

It, which hits theaters September 8th, is reportedly planned as the first installment of a two-part series. Last year, producer Roy Lee told Collider, Were taking it and making the movie from the point of view of the kids, and then making another movie from the point of view of the adults, that could potentially then be cut together like the novel. Its rumored that the second film began filming this month under a secret name, though the studio has yet to confirm the project.