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Flanagan sees Carrie As A 3-Season Series

Posted: September 29, 2026, 08:56
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I just finished writing my review for Flanagan’s Carrie the other day and even though I can’t share it with you just yet (it will be published on October 7, the day of the series release) I can tell you I felt like Flanagan was aiming for more seasons than just one when I saw the series. And now I just found out that I was right. In an older interview done at the Toronto International Film Festival by Collider’s Perri Nemiroff asked the filmmaker how many seasons he would want to make and why that length suited his vision.

“In my dream scenario, I think it’s three seasons. In my dream scenario, I think Carrie has a wonderful three-step arc. It’s a trilogy, really.”
- Mike Flanagan

For now, three seasons is just Flanagan’s vision. No announcement from Prime Video has been done for additional seasons. If they will my guess is that they’re deciding once they know how well season 1 is doing.

Carrie Season 2? It’s Possible

Posted: July 28, 2026, 09:56
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Carrie could end up being a multi-season affair. Speaking with Entertainment Weekly at San Diego Comic-Con, Flanagan addresses the “potential” for a season 2.

“The beauty of not really being beholden to the book or to any of the previous adaptations is that the potential of the characters and of the greater world that she belongs to does allow to look at it not as a finite story. I don’t speculate as to what it could be or what Amazon may want to do with it down the line. My priority is to make these eight episodes as great as I can from start to finish.”

“Having done so many limited series, I want to make sure that when it ends, it’s perfectly satisfying no matter what happens, whether you’re moving on or not. But, yeah, part of the fun of this was diving into that expansive world that could potentially continue.”

Flanagan Compares His Carrie & The Mist With Building LEGO

Posted: July 27, 2026, 00:10
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Mike Flanagan talked a little about his adaptation of The Mist (not filmed yet) at Comic-Con. Director Frank Darabont adapted it in 2007 and Flanagan really like that version.

“It’s one of the most brutal movies I’ve ever seen. That ending is jaw-dropping. My way into the story, through the story, and out of that story is very different. When I presented that to Steve [King] — that was also important because he loves Frank’s movie — it’s like, Why are we doing this? What are we gonna do that justifies itself? So it’s a different type of adaptation for me.”

Flanagan has compared adapting both Carrie and The Mist with taking LEGO apart and then building something new.

“With his [King] blessing, always! I would never contemplate it without it. But, yeah, it’s a different way to adapt things for me. And it’s interesting to me that he’s a storyteller whose ideas can have multiple lives.”

Flanagan & Cast Talks Carrie

Posted: July 25, 2026, 09:03
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Mike Flanagan and the cast from Carrie, Summer H. Howell, Samantha Sloyan, Matthew Lillard, and Amber Midthunder being interviewed by IGN at SDCC. Flanagan also gives an update on his in-development adaptation of The Dark Tower.

First Photos And Some Changes For Carrie

Posted: July 13, 2026, 20:22
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Entertainment Weekly posted the first images from the upcoming Tv-series based on Carrie today as well as more info about what we can expect. And it sounds like we should prepare for there to be some changes compared to the book.


Flanagan’s vision for these characters couldn’t be more different than previous movies. He describes Spacek’s performance as “a clenched fist who’s absolutely shaking out there in the world.” Meanwhile, Summer H. Howell version of Carrie is “wide open,” “eager,” “curious,” and “earnest,”. “[She’s] walking into the forest of her teenagehood without any sense of danger and with an innate trust in people and in goodness.”


We’ll get moments like the period scene in the high school bathroom that sets off a wave of bullying. And, of course, there’s the prom. “We’re getting there a completely different way and the events of that prom are going to be completely different,” Flanagan prefaces. “That’s a wonderfully delicious and irresistible opportunity for someone who loves adapting things.”


Stephen King also talks about the ‘TK gene’ [for telekinesis] and the science behind Carrie’s abilities. Something that the De Palma adaptation ignored was Carrie’s place in the larger universe, that she’s part of a sorority of very gifted women and just doesn’t know it. The book absolutely points at that, but that was something we could pick up and run with.


Beginning with episode 2, each installment of the season will open with “a different, unique story of a different woman, somewhere else in the world and in time, coming to terms with their own abilities. Carrie’s specific place among that group of women is part of the real joy that we get to discover over the course of the season.
- Mke Flanagan


What do you think about this? Carrie is set to premiere on Amazon Prime in October.

Heather Graham Talks Carrie

Posted: March 22, 2026, 21:38
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Heather Graham talked briefly about the upcoming Carrie series with Collider.

"I have seen the first three episodes, and they’re great. They bring in an aspect of social media bullying and guns in school, so they try to modernize it, and I do feel like he captures the essence of what makes Carrie great.”

What do you all think about it?

Carrie Arrives In October

Posted: February 17, 2026, 16:47
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During Katee Sackhoff's Fan Expo Vancouver panel, she shared the release window for Carrie.

"Back to Mike Flanagan, yeah... the Flanniverse... October of 2026, Carrie comes out on Amazon. You guys are in for a treat. It's very good. It's very good. I mean, it's 'Carrie.' There's fire? ... There might be some blood. Yeah, I'm just excited. You guys are gonna love it. Mike Flanagan is, so good at what he does: smart, psychological horror."

Carrie Is More Than Worth The Wait

Posted: November 30, 2025, 09:24
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Matthew Lillard says Mike Flanagan's upcoming Carrie TV show is not only book-accurate, but more than worth the wait.

"Carrie's brilliant. Mike Flanagan – who I worked with on Life of Chuck – he is just the single greatest force of nature in this industry. We rehearsed for three weeks. He had plotted out every shot in the entire film. He had it down to the minute in terms of he amount of time it would take to shoot. He developed an app so you could see where they were in shooting. I mean, he's so prolific and profound and such a great storyteller. So that's the first thing."

"The second thing is the cast is incredible. It's three different sort of sections. It's the story Carrie written by Stephen King. It's really a pure adaptation of the book [more] than the original movie was," Lillard explains. "The De Palma film is really about sort of one aspect, but there's a lot that happens in the book that's been introduced to the show. And then there's three different tiers – the teachers and the parents, and the students. The teachers and the parents are kind of the varsity level of actors, you know, old. It's just a way of calling the old actors. And then the kids...the kids are freaking brilliant."

"And we saw the first three episodes cut before we even left Vancouver, Mike had already finished and picture-locked the first three episodes, which was remarkable. But the show's great. It's really fantastic. The only thing that sucks is you have to wait a year to see it, because it's so good."

Summer H. Howell stars as Carrie White, Siena Agudong as Sue Snell, Alison Thornton as Chris Hargensen, Josie Toah as Tina Blake, Arthur Conti as Billy, and Joel Oulette as Tommy Ross. Samantha Sloyan plays Carrie's mother Margaret and Amber Midthunder plays Rita Desjardian.

The series is eight episodes and is part of Flanagan's new deal with Prime Video.

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Carrie Starts Shooting In 10 Days

Posted: June 14, 2025, 23:39
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In an interview about The Life of Chuck Matthew Lillard mentioned Carrie.

Carrie started rehearsals yesterday. All eight episodes are completely shot-listed, every script has been written. We’re 10 days out from shooting and we’re all in the rehearsals together,”

This news probably means we’ll get to see the seris sometime during 2026.

We also hear that Kate Siegel, Michael Trucco, Katee Sackhoff, Rahul Kohli, Crystal Balint, and Danielle Klaudt has been cast for the series.

Flanagan On What Carrie Will Not Be

Posted: June 10, 2025, 13:28
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In an interview with Variety about The Life of Chuck Mike Flanagan also talks about what he he is not doing with his upcoming version of Carrie.

Can you talk a bit more about your vision for “Carrie”?

The thing I would say is the original story is half a century old and it’s wonderful. Its themes were about youth and bullying and the consequences of that. I believe that in today’s modern world, the power of what it means to be a bully, the breadth of that and the impact of bullying, have changed a lot. The central tenets are still the same, but it’s about much more than Carrie White. I can’t really talk about what we’re doing, I can only really talk about what we’re not doing. We’re not retelling the story as it’s been told, and we’re not making a show about telekinesis. It’s in there, but that’s not what it’s about. There’s a version of it where Carrie White carries a tragic superhero origin story that goes horribly wrong. I feel like they’ve done that, too. So we’re focused way more on the destruction of a community through these very modern tools. What happens in a world where the internet has created an environment of perceived anonymity? Carrie White in the locker room in every iteration is a horrifying scene. Carrie White in the locker room when people have phones in their hands is a whole different thing.

Carrie Has It’s Cast

Posted: June 3, 2025, 00:32
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Mike Flanagan’s Carrie has found it’s cast!

Summer Howell is Carrie White
Matthew Lillard is Principal Grayle
Samantha Sloyan is Carrie’s mom, Margaret White
Alison Thornton is Chris Hargensen
Thalia Dudek is Emaline
Siena Agudong is Sue Snell
Amber Midthunder is Miss Desjardin
Josie Totah is Tina
Arthur Conti is Billy
Joel Oulette is Tommy.

Matthew Lillard Joins Carrie

Posted: May 15, 2025, 08:54
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Matthew Lillard has confirmed that he will be in Mike Flanagan’s TV series version of Carrie. In an interview with ComicBook he said:

“Well, first and foremost, Mike Flanagan’s, I think, a brilliant filmmaker, period. Working with him on Life of Chuck was like a dream, and then getting a chance to do this, I’m very honored to be in his world. So, he called, I said yes.

The exciting thing for me here is that he crafted an idea based around what we’re experiencing right now in the world, and shared that with Stephen King, and then Stephen King was like, ‘Oh, that’s a great idea. So, it’s Stephen King’s first published book, it has gone through all these iterations. I think the exciting thing here is that Mike has found a way to make it relevant right now, and I think that it speaks to what we’re all experiencing, and so I think that that’s going to make a difference.”

Lillard didn’t reveal what changes Flanagan has done and so far there is no information about when we’ll be able to see it.

Carrie Officially Ordered And Sue Snell Cast

Posted: April 10, 2025, 20:22
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Mike Flanagan’s TV series version of Carrie has now been officially ordered by Prime Video.

Summer H. Howell is said to be in talks to play Carrie White and Siena Agudong has been confirmed to play Sue Snell.

The first season (no word on if there will be more) will have eight episodes and filming is said to start sometime this summer in Vancouver.

Carrie Start Filming In June

Posted: January 18, 2025, 19:50
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Club Stephen King reports that the new "Carrie" TV series, by Mike Flanagan for Amazon Studios / Amazon Prime, is scheduled to start filming in June in Vancouver. Hopefully we’ll get some casting news soon.

Who would you like to see as Carrie? Comment below.

Flanagan Brings Carrie To Present Time

Posted: November 10, 2024, 17:27
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Mike Flanagan brings Carrie from the 70’s to present time.

It initially started as a conversation that Amazon initiated, and they said, 'Hey, would you have any interest in Carrie?' And I had to think about it, because my first instinct is always — why? It's been done perfectly by De Palma, it's then been done three other times after the fact. Why do it again?

Carrie White is a story about high school violence and bullying, and that feels immediate and important today, unfortunately, even more kind of sharply relevant than I think it was when he wrote it. So there felt like a chance for some true modernization beyond just changing the time period, and to use it to talk about the issues that affect high school kids in America today.

You know, 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 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.

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Flanagan Puts Carrie On TV

Posted: October 21, 2024, 19:06
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Variety reports that Mike Flanagan will adapt Carrie as an 8-part TV serie for Amazon.

A series adaptation of Stephen King’s novel “Carrie” from horror maven Mike Flanagan is in development at Amazon MGM Studios, Variety has learned.

The series logline describes it 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. After her father’s sudden and untimely death, Carrie finds herself contending with the alien landscape of public High School, a bullying scandal that shatters her community, and the emergence of mysterious telekinetic powers.”

Flanagan will write and executive produce the potential series with Intrepid Picture’s Trevor Macy also serving as an executive producer. Flanagan will also serve as showrunner. Melinda Nishioka will oversee the project for Intrepid. Flanagan is currently under an overall deal with Amazon MGM Studios.

Carrie As A Limited Series?

Posted: December 22, 2019, 00:34
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Collider reports that yet another adaptation of Carrie might be happening. This time as a limited series by FX and MGM and Carrie will probably be played by a trans performer or an actress of color rather that a white woman if the reports are true.

Following a successful partnership on Fargo, FX and MGM Television are developing a limited series based on Stephen King‘s classic horror novel Carrie, Collider has exclusively learned.

Though it’s still very early in the development process and there’s no script yet, sources say that this time around, telekinetic teen Carrie White will likely be played by either a trans performer or an actress of color rather than a cis white woman, as in past adaptations. FX declined to comment, while a representative for MGM TV did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

What are your thoughts on this? Do we need yet another adaptation of Carrie?

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