Mike Flanagan’s Carrie tv present has been formally greenlit.
Flanagan, who is thought for making Netflix exhibits equivalent to 2018’s The Haunting of Hill Home and 2021’s Midnight Mass, is presently engaged on an adaptation of Stephen King’s Carrie for Amazon MGM Studios.
Per Deadline, the sequence has now acquired an official greenlight. Flanagan serves as showrunner, author, and government producer, whereas he’ll additionally direct a few of the episodes.
What number of episodes will Mike Flanagan’s Carrie present have?
The present can have eight episodes in complete. Hunter Hunter’s Summer season H. Howell is in negotiations to play Carrie within the present, whereas Resident Evil’s Siena Agudong is being eyed to play her adversary, Sue Snell.
“Carrie is described as a reimagining of the story of misfit high-schooler Carrie White, who has spent her life in seclusion together with her domineering mom,” Deadline’s description of the plot reads. “After her father’s sudden demise, Carrie finds herself contending with the challenges of attending highschool, a bullying scandal, and the emergence of mysterious telekinetic powers.”
Trevor Macy will even function an government producer on Carrie alongside Flanagan.
“Carrie is an iconic story that has withstood the take a look at of time with continued cultural relevance,” mentioned Amazon MGM Studios’ Vernon Sanders. “With Mike Flanagan on the helm and the completed group assembled together with government producer Trevor Macy this provocative sequence is bound to captivate our international clients.”
King’s Carrie novel was revealed in 1974. It was changed into a 1976 film directed by Brian De Palma that starred Sissy Spacek within the titular function, whereas Amy Irving performed Sue Snell and Piper Laurie portrayed Carrie’s mom, Margaret. Following that, there was a 2002 tv movie directed by David Carson and a 2013 remake helmed by Kimberly Peirce that starred Chloë Grace Moretz.
A premiere date for Carrie has not but been introduced.
