In the summer of 1989, a group of bullied kids band together to destroy a shapeshifting monster, which disguises itself as a clown and preys on the children of Derry, their small Maine town. (WARNER BROS.)
“It” is based on the phenomenon novel from iconic author Stephen King, who recently had an adaptation of “The Dark Tower” hit theaters. Pennywise the Clown is played by Bill Skarsgard. Jaeden Lieberher plays Bill. Lieberher was previously in the 2014 comedy “St. Vincent”, alongside Bill Murray and Melissa McCarthy – for which he received a Critics Choice Award nomination for Best Young Actor/Actress. Lieberher also had roles in 2015’s romance “Aloha” with Bradley Cooper, Emma Stone and Rachel McAdams, 2016’s sci-fi drama “Midnight Special” co-starring Michael Shannon and Kirsten Dunst and 2017’s “The Book of Henry” with Naomi Watts and Jacob Tremblay (“Room”).
Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson Murphy) began his career as a film critic in 2006 at the age of 7. To date, Jackson has written nearly 1,000 reviews of new releases and, in total, has seen more than 1,500 films. In 2010, Jackson became the youngest person to win a NY Emmy Award, for his on-air movie reviews on Time Warner TV station, Capital News 9. And in 2011, Jackson was inducted into the Broadcast Film Critics Association as their youngest member. The BFCA’s annual Critics Choice Awards is one of the industry’s most recognized and prestigious awards shows. Jackson is also a member of SAG-AFTRA and votes annually for the Screen Actors Guild Awards. Currently, Jackson can be heard every Friday morning on WGNA-FM and his reviews are also posted on his website, YouTube channel and Cultjer.com. He is also a contributor to AnimationScoop.com, run by animation historian Jerry Beck. And Jackson hosts the weekly internet pop culture news show “LCJ LIVE”, along with “The LCJ Q&A Podcast”, on which he interviews celebrities and filmmakers.