Stephen King's 1974 novel Carrie has seen three adaptations over the past 50 years, and now a fourth iteration might be in the works. Horror expert Mike Flanagan is reportedly developing a Carrie TV series for Amazon's Prime Video. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Amazon MGM Studios is producing the series as a 'bold and timely reimagining' of King's original story.
In the novel and previous adaptations, Carrie is a teenage girl whose life is overshadowed by her religiously fanatic mother. She is also relentlessly bullied by her schoolmates before discovering telekinetic powers that enable her to seek revenge on those who have wronged her.
Flanagan has previously directed films based on King's works, such as Doctor Sleep and Gerald’s Game, and is also set to direct The Life of Chuck. Before taking on the Carrie remake, Flanagan was attached to develop King's The Dark Tower as a Prime Video series, though the status of that project remains uncertain. Flanagan has also written and produced several horror series for Netflix, including The Haunting and Midnight Mass. More recently, he signed on to direct the next Exorcist film.
The original 1976 Carrie movie, directed by Brian De Palma and starring Sissy Spacek, led to a sequel, The Rage: Carrie 2, over two decades later. Carrie was subsequently remade as a TV movie in 2002 and as a theatrical reboot in 2013, featuring Chloë Grace Moretz as Carrie White.
If Prime Video's Carrie adaptation progresses to a series, Flanagan will serve as the showrunner.
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