Bill Skarsgård confirms Pennywise return as Lords of War teaser drops
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The gist
Swedish actor Bill Skarsgård confirmed he is returning as Pennywise in It: Welcome to Derry Season 2.
His Lords of War teaser also landed, with The Mosquito Bowl now in theaters.
Background
Bill Skarsgård is a Swedish actor and producer known for playing Pennywise in It (2017) and It: Chapter Two (2019). He has three projects moving at once: the Netflix WWII film The Mosquito Bowl, the sequel Lords of War opposite Nicolas Cage, and a return to the Pennywise role in the series It: Welcome to Derry. The cluster of news comes as the film's theatrical run and the sequel's marketing overlap with his TV comeback.
How it unfolded
- Oct 28, 2026Netflix held a special screening of The Mosquito Bowl at The Whitby Hotel, followed by a Q&A with Skarsgård, co-stars Ray Nicholson and Tom Francis, director Peter Berg and others.
- Oct 30, 2026The Mosquito Bowl opened theatrically.
- Nov 4, 2026Vertical released a teaser trailer for Lords of War, with Skarsgård playing a ruthless mercenary targeting arms dealer Yuri Orlov's legacy.
- Nov 4, 2026The Mosquito Bowl's theatrical debut in roughly 350 theaters was reported as softer than expected, close to the haul of La Bola Negra, which expanded into 38 theaters.
- Nov 5, 2026On the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Skarsgård confirmed he was returning for It: Welcome to Derry Season 2 but kept details sealed.
- Nov 25, 2026The Mosquito Bowl is set for its Netflix premiere.
Key terms
- theatrical run
- A film shown in cinemas, often opening simultaneously in many theaters across a country.
Source: Wikipedia
Who’s saying what
- Official
- Showrunner Brad Caleb Kane said Season 2 is bigger than the first, with scripts about halfway written and Andy Muschietti casting, and features a different kind of Pennywise the way you've never seen that character before.
- Caution
- Collider reviewer Maggie Lovitt called The Mosquito Bowl an exceedingly by-the-books film that adds very little new to the canon of war epics.
Still unverified
The Lords of War teaser does not say Skarsgård plays Anton Orlov; The Hollywood Reporter wrote in 2023 that he would play Anton Orlov, Yuri's son.