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Carrie (Mike Flanagan 8 Episode Series)
Director Mike Flanagan and Stephen King are right back at it. The Dish hears their next collaboration will be Carrie, this time in an 8-episode series for Amazon. Flanagan will be the show runner.
They’re opening a writer’s room, so this one’s happening quickly.
They’re opening a writer’s room, so this one’s happening quickly.
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Mike Flanagan Explains How He Got Stephen King's Approval for 'Carrie' TV Show Despite Making Major Changes
"You know," elaborated Flanagan, "Carrie White walking through a metal detector is interesting to me. Carrie White with social media. The iconic scene in the locker room is very different when people have phones in their hands. So that was the first germ of an idea, like, there is room for this to actually have a lot to say that's very relevant. And I can't spoil the changes that we made in order to kind of find a story that felt like it needed to be told. But we made some pretty substantial changes."
"When I brought it to Stephen King — because that's the other side of this, if Steve says no, he doesn't want to see it happen, we're not going to do it; I'm not about to do that in that relationship. And so when I mentioned it to him and said, 'What do you think about Carrie for TV?' He said, 'Well, why? Leave her alone . She's good, she's done. I'd rather we focus on other things.'"
"But when I sent him kind of the layout of how I saw it could work, he really liked it," added Flanagan. "And he came back and said, 'Actually, yes, I think this is interesting, and I think this could be really relevant and could be really exciting.' And so that was when I said yeah, we should do this. I can't talk more about it, other than we're in the writers' room. We're having a great time, and I think we're going to tell a story that will be surprising and impactful, very relevant to our modern society and to issues in our country.
Yesterday, we reported that Summer H. Howell ("Chucky" films) and Siena Agudong (Resident Evil) were in negotiations for the lead role and the series regular role of Sue Snell, respectively, in director Mike Flanagan's (The Fall of the House of Usher, Midnight Mass) upcoming series adaptation of bestselling author Stephen King's classic 1974 novel Carrie. The news came approximately five months after Flanagan revealed that the writers' room was already six weeks into crafting the eight-episode series. But the one thing that it was lacking was taken care of by Prime Video earlier today – an official series order. "'Carrie' is an iconic story that has withstood the test of time with continued cultural relevance," shared Vernon Sanders, head of television, Amazon MGM Studios. "With Mike Flanagan at the helm and the accomplished team assembled, including executive producer Trevor Macy, this provocative series is sure to captivate our global customers."
With filming reportedly being eyed for this summer in Vancouver, the streaming series adaptation is being described as a "bold and timely reimagining of the story of misfit high-schooler Carrie White, who has spent her life in seclusion with her domineering mother.
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