For those who’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 variations of the traditional Stephen King horror novel Carrie through the years, clearly kicking off with the beloved 1976 adaptation from Brian De Palma. However now, as initially reported by Selection, a TV sequence 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 Sport and simply this 12 months he helmed The Lifetime of Chuck, which is presently slated to be launched within the US in 2025.
In keeping with Selection, the sequence 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 dying, Carrie finds herself contending with the alien panorama of public Excessive College, 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 sequence ever greater than 8-10 episodes), and in response to Deadline, a author’s room is already opening, so work is shifting forward shortly on this one.
Not counting that one episode of Riverdale that sort of tailored Carrie (although was truly based mostly on the musical), this present would be the fifth live-action outing of the character. Other than the 1976 unique, 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.