Summary
Mike Flanagan’s nextStephen Kingadaptation,Carrie, has been steadily growing a big, star-studded cast over the last few months and its latest member reveal will be familiar to those who can’t get enough of theStar Trekuniverse. Flanagan is a huge King fan, previously adaptingGerald’s GameandDoctor Sleep, a sequel to Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 movie,The Shining. Naturally, to follow on from his love of King’s writing, Flanagan’s next film is also based on his work, as he aims to breathe new life into his 1974 movie, which starred Sissy Spacek anddirected by Brian De Palma.
Flanagan’sCarrieTV show will tell the story of a tortured high school student named Carrie White who discovers she has telekinetic powers. Upon release, the supernatural horror received a lot of love from critics due to its brilliant performances, as well as that horrific yet iconic moment where Carrie gets covered in pig’s blood at her prom, with many calling itone of the best Stephen King adaptations. Even though anotherCarrieadaptation was crafted in 2013, which starred Chloë Grace Moretz as the lead and Julianne Moore as the mother, it unfortunately fell flat among King’s audience, largely due to its lack of originality and failure to capture the emotional depth of the source material, scoring a disappointing rating of 51% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Mandalorian’s Katee Sackhoff Joins Mike Flanagan’s Carrie Adaptation
As reported byDeadline,Katee Sackhoff has been cast in theCarrietelevision series in the works at Amazon MGM Studios.Sackhoff, who is known for her roles asBo-Katan Kryze inThe Mandalorian, Lieutenant Kara “Starbuck” Thrace inBattlestar Galacticaand Victoria “Vic” Moretti inLongmire,will join the ever-growing list of talented actors in Flanagan’s adaptation. As yet, who Sackhoff will be playing the character of isn’t known, but this isn’t the first time TheMandalorianstar and Flanagan have teamed up, as they previously united for his 2013 supernatural psychological horror film,Oculus.
Along with Sackhoff, other cast members who will be joining theCarrieadaptation are Flanagan’s wife and star ofMidnight MassandThe Haunting of Hill House,Kate Siegel, as well as Michael Trucco and Rahul Kohli. New cast members to Flanagan’s project also include Heather Graham, Tim Bagley, Tahmoh Penikett, Mapuana Makia, Rowan Danielle, Naika Toussaint, Delainey Hayles, and Cassandra Naud. This is quite the line-up already and also really exciting as it showcases what ahuge range of acting talent the adaptation will host, seemingly making way for plenty of compelling, and possibly terrifying, storylines.
Summer Howell, known for her roles inCult of ChuckyandTime Cut, will take on the role of Carrie in the TV series adaptation. She is joined byScreamandFive Nights at Freddy’sstar Matthew Lillard, andPreyandLegionactress Amber Midthunder. At the end of last year, horror fans were excited to hear thatFlanagan’sCarrieTV series is a lot further along than expected. Talking to fans on BlueSky, the director revealed that they were already 6 weeks into the writers' room, which meant that development for the eight-episode Amazon series was traveling at full speed.
Currently,Carriedoes not yet have a premiere window, but when it does release, it will stream exclusively on Prime Video.
