Horror maestro Mike Flanagan has been linked to a Carrie TV series since October. Now, its finally official at Amazon.

Prime Video has ordered Carrie, an eight-episode TV show based on Stephen Kings iconic horror novel from 1974. Per Deadline, Flanagan will write, executive produce, and showrun Carrie while directing several episodes. Trevor Macy, Flanagans partner at Intrepid Pictures, will executive produce.

Recommended Videos Reports of Flanagans involvement with Carrie date back to the fall of 2024. The series will reimagine the story about Carrie White, a high school teenager who lives with her overprotective mother. After her fathers sudden and untimely death, Carrie finds herself contending with the alien landscape of public high school, the synopsis reads, a bullying scandal that shatters her community, and the emergence of mysterious telekinetic powers.

Related Casting for the lead roles is currently underway. Summer H. Howell (Curse of Chucky, Hunter Hunter) is in talks to play Carrie White. Siena Agudong (Resident Evil, Sidelined: The QB and Me) will play Carries rival, Sue Snell.

Two years after Kings novel, Brian De Palma directed 1976s Carrie, the most famous adaptation to date. Carrie featured Sissy SpacekasCarrie White, Amy IrvingasSue Snell, John Travoltaas Billy Nolan, and Piper Laurieas Carries mother,Margaret White. De Palmas is frequently cited as one of the most influential horror movies of the last 60 years.

Since 1976, three other movies in the Carrie universe have come out: 1999s The Rage: Carrie 2, a sequel to Carrie; 2002s Carrie, an NBC movie from Bryan Fuller; and 2013s Carrie, the remake starring Chlo Grace Moretz.

Amazon MGM Studios will produce Flanagans Carrie.

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