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Confirmed
In Short: Showrunner Mike Flanagan is set to bring Stephen King's debut novel 'Carrie' to life as an eight-episode drama series premiering this fall on Prime Video.
"The themes that Steve was talking about half a century ago of kindness versus cruelty, of empathy and bullying, and violence at school have become even more relevant today," Flanagan told Entertainment Weekly.
"We had an opportunity to tell a story about a modern teenage experience that could use the seeds of these characters King created 50 years ago, but express them completely differently," Flanagan explains.
The series will feature a new take on the iconic character Carrie White, with Flanagan noting, "[She’s] walking into the forest of her teenagehood without any sense of danger and with an innate trust in people and in goodness."
For the role of Margaret White, Flanagan wrote the part specifically for actress Kate Sloyan, calling it "the part she was born to play."
"Her performance was too good that we were willing to live with the physical similarities as a result," Flanagan says.
The series also includes a diverse cast of characters, including Christina Lane, John Roman, and J Cassar, among others.
"The themes of kindness versus cruelty, empathy, and bullying are more relevant now than ever, especially with the impact of technology on high schoolers," Flanagan notes.
"The only way to approach it was to build something new out of the ingredients of Carrie," Flanagan says, highlighting the complexity of adapting such a well-known story.
"That’s the big question," Flanagan acknowledges, referring to the challenge of expanding King's short novel into a series.
"De Palma adapted it faithfully and beautifully 50 years ago," Flanagan adds, paying homage to the 1976 film directed by Brian De Palma.
"This was the complete inverse. If we’re going to tell the story of Carrie White in longform, how do we make it expand?" Flanagan asks, emphasizing the unique approach to this adaptation.
What's confirmed
- "The themes that Steve was talking about half a century ago of kindness versus cruelty, of empathy and bullying, and violence at school have become even more relevant today," Flanagan told Entertainment Weekly.
- "We had an opportunity to tell a story about a modern teenage experience that could use the seeds of these characters King created 50 years ago, but express them completely differently," Flanagan explains.
- "Her performance was too good that we were willing to live with the physical similarities as a result," Flanagan says.
- The series also includes a diverse cast of characters, including Christina Lane, John Roman, and J Cassar, among others.
- "The themes of kindness versus cruelty, empathy, and bullying are more relevant now than ever, especially with the impact of technology on high schoolers," Flanagan notes.
- "The only way to approach it was to build something new out of the ingredients of Carrie," Flanagan says, highlighting the complexity of adapting such a well-known story.
- "That’s the big question," Flanagan acknowledges, referring to the challenge of expanding King's short novel into a series.
- "De Palma adapted it faithfully and beautifully 50 years ago," Flanagan adds, paying homage to the 1976 film directed by Brian De Palma.
- "This was the complete inverse. If we’re going to tell the story of Carrie White in longform, how do we make it expand?" Flanagan asks, emphasizing the unique approach to this adaptation.
What's still developing
- By contrast, Carrie (premiering this fall on Prime Video) was something Amazon brought to Flanagan to launch their partnership.
- An obvious question comes to mind when talking about the upcoming Carrie TV series: How does one turn Stephen King ’s 1974 debut novel, one of the literary icon’s shortest books, into an eight-episode drama?
- Director Brian De Palma cemented our cultural awareness of Carrie with his 1976 classic, starring Sissy Spacek as the repressed Carrie White and Piper Laurie as her religious fanatic mother, Margaret.
- This was followed by a B-movie horror sequel (1999’s The Rage: Carrie 2 ), an NBC made-for-TV affair (2002), and the most recent Chloë Grace Moretz-fronted interpretation (2013).
- Grothe, Christina Lane, John Roman, Carrie Peel, J Cassar, Jerilyn Elise Miripol, Beth Golterman, JI, Jo Uhrich, and Andrew F.
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