Stephen King Long and hugely successful career as a novelist began in 1974 Carriewhich was turned into a hit 1976 film, a 1999 sequel, a 2002 TV remake, a 2013 big-screen remake, and an infamously disastrous 1988 Broadway musical.
Next: A television series.
Mike Flanagan is reportedly developing a Carrie TV series for Amazon MGM Studios. Flanagan is no stranger to King adaptations; his last three films as director were all adapted from King’s work – Geraldo’s game, Doctor Sleepand the recent Chuck’s life.
According to Varietyhere’s the official synopsis for Flanagan’s film Carrie:
(a) a bold and timely reimagining of the story of misfit high school student Carrie White, who spent her life as a recluse with her domineering mother. After the sudden and untimely death of her father, Carrie finds herself facing the strange landscape of public school, a bullying scandal that rocks her community, and the emergence of mysterious telekinetic powers.
Flanagan will be a writer, producer and showrunner on the series.
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The original Carrie the film helped establish director Brian De Palma as an important young Hollywood director. (It also featured an early role from actress Sissy Spacek, who received an Oscar nomination for the role.) It remains a defining horror film of the 1970s and one of the best Stephen King adaptations in history.
Most others Carries did not leave as big or as positive an impact. The Fury: Carrie 2 was a failure, while 2013 Carrie (starring Chloë Grace Moretz in the title role) was a modest success that was soon forgotten. But Flanagan is as big a name as there is in the world of horror show streaming, thanks to things like The Haunting of Hill House and The Fall of the House of Usher. He’s also very good at adapting Stephen King. So this could end well.
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