Amazon Greenlights Flanagan's Carrie Series
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- Amazon Prime Video officially greenlit Mike Flanagan's "Carrie" for eight episodes in April 2025, after first being reported in October 2024, and has now released first-look images
- Summer Howell stars as Carrie White alongside Samantha Sloyan as her fiercely protective mother Margaret, in a series logline that reframes King's story around a viral bullying scandal and "the social-media age"
- The supporting cast includes Siena Agudong as Sue Snell, Alison Thornton as Chris Hargensen, Joel Oulette as Tommy Ross, Amber Midthunder as Miss Desjardin, and Matthew Lillard as Principal Grayle
- Mike Flanagan writes, executive produces, showruns, and directs four episodes, with Stephen King also serving as executive producer under Amazon MGM Studios
- Flanagan's horror résumé cited includes "The Haunting of Hill House," "Midnight Mass," and "The Fall of the House of Usher" at Netflix, plus King adaptations "Doctor Sleep," "Gerald's Game," and "The Life of Chuck"
- King's original 1974 first novel spawned the 1976 Brian DePalma film starring Sissy Spacek, which grossed over $30 million on a reported budget of less than $2 million and is widely cited as one of the best horror films ever
Why it matters: Flanagan's continued pairing with King gives Prime Video a prestige horror property led by a showrunner with three Netflix horror hits already on his shelf. The social-media-era retooling of the 1974 prom-night story signals an explicit bid to translate King's premise to a generation raised on viral pile-ons rather than locker-room cruelty.
