Carrie Gets Drama Adaptation With Mike Flanagan, Streaming On Prime Video From October 7
The adaptation moves Carrie from De Palma's 1976 film into series-length television, with King himself backing Flanagan's reading of the story as one about social media rather than blood alone.
Reporting from 1 source: Cinema Today.
Stephen King's 1974 novel Carrie has been adapted as a drama series, confirmed to stream exclusively on Prime Video with all eight episodes arriving at once on October 7. A key visual, scene photos, and a Japanese trailer were released with the announcement. Mike Flanagan is showrunner, writer, and executive producer, with King as executive producer. Summer H. Howell plays Carrie White; Samantha Sloyan plays Margaret.
The series follows Carrie White after she transfers to a public high school following her father's sudden death. Her problems in this version include an online bullying scandal, peer pressure in the social media era, and telekinetic powers that have started to awaken, all building toward a night of tragedy.
Mike Flanagan, whose credits include Doctor Sleep, is showrunner, writer, and executive producer. King is also an executive producer. Summer H. Howell won the role of Carrie through an audition that drew roughly 1,500 participants. Samantha Sloyan plays Margaret, with Siena Agudong and Matthew Lillard also in the cast.
King said the novel and Brian De Palma's film depicted blood and horror, and that Flanagan's version digs deeper into the horror of social media.
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- Cinema Today スティーヴン・キング「キャリー」初のドラマ化！Prime Videoで10月7日より独占配信