Per Deadline, a new adaptation of Stephen King’s (Chapelwaite) debut 1974 novel Carrie is in the works, this time in the form of an eight-episode television series for Amazon. The project will mark the fourth collaboration between King and filmmaker Mike Flanagan (The Haunting of Hill House), who previously adapted King’s works Gerald’s Game in 2017, Doctor Sleep in 2019 and The Life of Chuck in 2024 to the big screen. Flanagan recently won the TIFF Audience Award for The Life of Chuck.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Amazon MGM Studios describes the project as a “bold and timely reimagining” of the novel. The story centers around Carrie White, a secluded teenager who must handle high school bullying, a domineering mother and the onset of telekinetic powers all at once.
This is the next adaptation of Carrie after the 2013 film starring Chloe Grace Moretz (The Peripheral) and Julianne Moore (Mary & George), and the fifth overall since filmmaker Brian De Palma’s iconic 1976 film, which starred Sissy Spacek (Night Sky), Piper Laurie (MacGyver) and John Travolta (Die Hart). Flanagan will adapt the novel and serve as showrunner and executive producer. Trevor Macy (The Midnight Club) and Melinda Nishioka (The Fall of the House of Usher) of Intrepid Pictures will also act as EPs.
This is King’s second recent television deal, the first being series adaptation of his 2022 novel Fairy Tale, with A24 producing and Paul Greengrass (Omagh) and J.H. Wyman (Fringe) at the helm. Several other King film adaptations are in development: Jack Bender (From) is directing The Institute; Francis Lawrence (See) is directing The Long Walk and Edgar Wright (Straight 8) is directing a new version of The Running Man with Glen Powell (Rick and Morty) in Arnold Schwarzenegger’s (FUBAR) originating role. Flanagan and Macy also hold rights to King’s The Dark Tower novels.
WME represents Flanagan, and King is represented by Rand Holston Management and Gang Tyre.