Mike Flanagan to direct new adaptation of Stephen King’s Carrie

After working together on the film Chuck’s Lifestill unreleased in Brazilian cinemas, Mike Flanaganfrom The Haunting of Hill House (2018) and The Fall of the House of Usher (2023), and the author Stephen King will come together for a new adaptation of Carrie.

According to information from the Deadlinethe debut novel by Kingreleased in 1974, will be adapted into an eight-episode series for Amazon. There is still no information about the cast or when the production is expected to arrive on Prime Video, the company’s streaming platform.

In Carriethe sensitive teenager Carrie White He is a constant target of bullying from his schoolmates. At home, the situation is not so different and the girl faces abuse from her mother, a religious fanatic. When strange things start to happen to Carrieshe comes to believe that she has supernatural powers and, when she becomes the victim of a trap during the school dance, her theory is confirmed in the darkest way possible.

The first adaptation of Carriedirected by Brian de Palma (Dressed to Kill), hit theaters in 1976, and, to this day, is the most popular version of the film. In 2013, the story was adapted again for the big screen with Chloe Grace Moretz (Kick-Ass: Breaking Everything) and Julianne Moore (The Room Next Door) in the cast.

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