Mike Flanagan and Stephen King Reteam for ‘Carrie’ Television Series for Amazon
Mike Flanagan is headed back into the world of Stephen King with a brand new small screen adaptation of King’s classic novel Carrie for Amazon, Deadline reports this morning.
The plan? An eight-episode television series adaptation of the iconic horror tale.
Deadline recaps, “The 1974 novel put the young author King on the map, and also bolstered his worth as an author whose genre storytelling was most translatable to the big screen in 1976. Brian De Palma was the first director to adapt King’s coming of age story. Several follow-ups came later, including The Rage: Carrie 2, a 2002 telepic, and a 2013 remake.”
Previous filmmakers to tackle the story for screens big and small include the aforementioned Brian De Palma as well as Katt Shea, David Carson & Bryan Fuller, and Kimberly Peirce, with the titular role being played by Sissy Spacek, Angela Bettis, and Chloe Grace Moretz.
In Carrie, “a friendless...
The plan? An eight-episode television series adaptation of the iconic horror tale.
Deadline recaps, “The 1974 novel put the young author King on the map, and also bolstered his worth as an author whose genre storytelling was most translatable to the big screen in 1976. Brian De Palma was the first director to adapt King’s coming of age story. Several follow-ups came later, including The Rage: Carrie 2, a 2002 telepic, and a 2013 remake.”
Previous filmmakers to tackle the story for screens big and small include the aforementioned Brian De Palma as well as Katt Shea, David Carson & Bryan Fuller, and Kimberly Peirce, with the titular role being played by Sissy Spacek, Angela Bettis, and Chloe Grace Moretz.
In Carrie, “a friendless...
- 10/21/2024
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
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