Overview
- Prime Video this week announced an eight‑episode limited series adaptation of Carrie produced with Stephen King and showrun by Mike Flanagan, with a global streaming launch planned for fall 2026 but no exact date yet.
- Summer H. Howell will play Carrie White after a casting search Flanagan says screened more than 1,000 actresses, and the principal ensemble includes Samantha Sloyan, Siena Agudong, Alison Thornton, Joel Oulette, Amber Midthunder and Matthew Lillard.
- Prime Video released first‑look images and an official synopsis showing Carrie forced into public school after her father’s death, facing a viral bullying scandal, social‑media pressures and the emergence of telekinetic powers.
- Flanagan says the series will expand the novel’s characters and plotlines rather than recreate earlier film versions, and that iconic moments such as the prom will be included but staged and reached in different ways.
- The project signals a broader effort to reframe King’s 1974 themes about kindness and cruelty for the internet age and could prompt more serialized, modern remakes of classic genre works on streaming platforms.