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One of Stephen King’s most iconic stories is getting the small-screen treatment—and it promises to be just as hair-raising as the adaptations that came before it.
Prime Video is breathing new life into Carrie, King’s 1974 unsettling debut novel about a high school outcast who finds out she has telekinetic powers, which launched his incredible career.
When it originally dropped, Carrie spent 14 weeks on The New York Times Best Seller list and went on to be translated into more than 35 languages. When Brian De Palma adapted it for film in 1976, it was nominated for an Academy Award. Coincidentally, this year marks the film’s 50th anniversary.
Who better to adapt the story for TV than the horror prince himself, Mike Flanagan? As the writer/director of Fall of the House of Usher, Midnight Mass, The Haunting of Hill House, The Haunting of Bly Manor and others, he’s set to reinvent the classic, horrifying coming-of-age story for TV in the only way he can. He’s already directed adaptations of King’s work, including Doctor Sleep, Gerald’s Game and The Life of Chuck.
As Carrie’s showrunner, Flanagan has written and executive-produced the show and is also directing four episodes. Stephen King also serves as executive producer. The series is an Amazon MGM Studios production.
Today, Prime Video dropped first-look images that do not include any pig blood or prom happenings:
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Below is more about Carrie.
What is Carrie about?
“Misfit high‑schooler Carrie White has spent her life hidden away inside the walls of her home with her fiercely protective mother, Margaret. After her father’s sudden, untimely death thrusts her into the unforgiving ecosystem of public high school, Carrie is forced to navigate a viral bullying scandal that tears through her community, the relentless pressure and casual cruelty of the social‑media age, and the awakening of mysterious telekinetic powers that rise alongside her adolescence.”
How is Carrie different than the movie adaptations?
The series is said to expand King’s story by deepening its characters and tensions, according to Prime Video. It will follow the “small, everyday choices that build toward a single, shattering night, in a gripping, deeply human story about kindness versus cruelty, and whether we’re witnessing the making of a hero, a monster or something far more complicated.”
“It’s been imitated scores of times,” Flanagan told Entertainment Weekly. “So for me, this was never going to be a straight adaptation. The only way to approach it was to build something new out of the ingredients of Carrie. Otherwise, there’s really no purpose in trying to retread ground that’s been so beautifully walked before.”
“There’s a modern adaptation that Mike's applied to the world that makes it completely relevant,” Matthew Lillard, who plays Principal Grayle, told Polygon. “I think that’s the reason Stephen King signed off on this adaptation, because there’s a new approach to bullying.”
Who stars in Carrie?
Carrie stars Summer Howell as Carrie White. The ensemble of series regulars also includes Samantha Sloyan (The Pitt) as Margaret White, Siena Agudong (Resident Evil) as Sue Snell, Alison Thornton (Fire Country) as Chris Hargensen, Joel Oulette (My Life with the Walter Boys) as Tommy Ross, Josie Totah (The Buccaneers) as Tina, Arthur Conti (Beetlejuice Beetlejuice) as Billy, Thalia Dudek (The Running Man) as Emaline, Amber Midthunder (Prey) as Miss Desjardin and Matthew Lillard (Man of Tomorrow) as Principal Grayle.
When will Carrie premiere?
This fall, but there is no set date yet. It’ll be eight episodes long.
How can I watch Carrie?
Carrie will premiere exclusively on Prime Video.