While we’re probably not seeing this project in the lineup of upcoming 2025 TV shows, it’s hard not to get excited about Mike Flanagan’s "Carrie" adaptation for Prime Video. If you ask me, part of the novelty of readapting Stephen King’s 1974 debut novel is what a modern version of this oft told tale would look like.
Despite the existence of three movies, a legacy-quel, and a musical, the horror master behind "The Fall of the House of Usher" has apparently found a new way in. And it’s something that, while being uber secretive, has led to some major questions, as well as a reaction from King himself.
Despite the existence of three movies, a legacy-quel, and a musical, the horror master behind "The Fall of the House of Usher" has apparently found a new way in. And it’s something that, while being uber secretive, has led to some major questions, as well as a reaction from King himself.
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00:00you are still very much entrenched in Stephen King's work.
00:04And the news about a new Carrie series
00:07was a pleasant surprise.
00:09And since there's already been three movie adaptations,
00:13a stage musical, and a sequel, how
00:17will this new incarnation stand apart from those?
00:21Well, I don't want to get into the specific details,
00:24only to say that it absolutely has to.
00:29One of the only questions I had when it was first
00:31put on the table was, why?
00:35And if I couldn't answer, why do this again for myself,
00:38then there was no point in pursuing the project.
00:41It's the same muscle, I will say, that it's
00:45the same feeling I had when we approached
00:47the turn of the screw, which had been adapted dozens of times.
00:51And it's like, OK, how do we do this completely differently?
00:53I can't spoil our approach to Carrie only to reassure people
00:57we're not retreading the same story,
01:01that it is definitely a new approach to the material
01:06and one that Stephen King is excited about,
01:10which is also important to me.
01:11Because his first question was also mine, which was, why?
01:16Steve's first reaction was, why do that again?
01:19It's been done.
01:20And it's been done beautifully, arguably perfectly
01:23by De Palma, and then done again for reasons.
01:27Why do it again now?
01:29And so when he went through the proposal
01:32that I put together for it, his reaction was, oh, this
01:35is actually very exciting to him.
01:38And then I said, OK, if he's excited, then we should do this.
01:42But otherwise, I wouldn't have done it.
01:46But yeah, so I can't be more specific, unfortunately,
01:49other than to say it will be a very pleasant surprise
01:52for fans.