This marks the fifth live-action adaptation of the classic horror novel.
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If you’ve been wanting someone to take another stab at Stephen King’s Carrie, you’re in luck, as The Haunting of Hill House creator Mike Flanagan is working on a TV adaptation.
According to Variety, 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.”
The show will apparently run for eight episodes (because when is a streaming series ever more than 8-10 episodes), and according to Deadline , a writer’s room is already opening, so work is moving ahead quickly on this one.
Not counting that one episode of Riverdale that kind of adapted Carrie (though was actually based on the musical), this show will be the fifth live-action outing of the character. Aside from the 1976 original, there was also its 1999 sequel, the first reboot in 2002, and the second reboot in 2013. Now we just have to see if Flanagan can bring it to a contemporary audience, but given his experience with the horror genre, he’ll probably do a pretty good job.
