When you’ve been wanting somebody to take one other stab at Stephen King’s Carrie, you are in luck, as The Haunting of Hill Home creator Mike Flanagan is engaged on a TV adaptation.
There have been a number of movie diversifications of the basic Stephen King horror novel Carrie over time, clearly kicking off with the beloved 1976 adaptation from Brian De Palma. However now, as initially reported by Variety, a TV collection adaptation from Mike Flanagan and Amazon is within the works, a director who’s no stranger to King’s works – he is most notably labored on Physician Sleep, a follow-up to The Shining, however he additionally made Gerald’s Recreation and simply this yr he helmed The Lifetime of Chuck, which is at the moment slated to be launched within the US in 2025.
In accordance with Selection, the collection logline describes it as a “daring and well timed reimagining of the story of misfit high-schooler Carrie White, who has spent her life in seclusion along with her domineering mom. After her father’s sudden and premature demise, Carrie finds herself contending with the alien panorama of public Excessive Faculty, a bullying scandal that shatters her neighborhood, and the emergence of mysterious telekinetic powers.”
The present will apparently run for eight episodes (as a result of when is a streaming collection ever greater than 8-10 episodes), and based on Deadline, a author’s room is already opening, so work is transferring forward shortly on this one.
Not counting that one episode of Riverdale that type of tailored Carrie (although was really primarily based on the musical), this present would be the fifth live-action outing of the character. Except for the 1976 authentic, there was additionally its 1999 sequel, the primary reboot in 2002, and the second reboot in 2013. Now we simply must see if Flanagan can carry it to a up to date viewers, however given his expertise with the horror style, he’ll most likely do a fairly good job.
