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Nothing is scarier than trying to fresh successful astatine precocious school.
During a Saturday sheet astatine Comic-Con, Prime Video revealed an Oct. 7 merchandise day for Carrie and nan first teaser trailer that showcased each nan hair-raising trauma that is successful store: from classmates fainting connected nan iconic gymnasium level to revealing Carrie White’s prom queen infinitesimal earlier her harrowing, blood-curdling shriek amidst a raging fire.
Aiming to beryllium much applicable to today’s civilization than ever, Mike Flanagan’s Carrie, based connected Stephen King’s debut caller of nan aforesaid name, will beryllium an “honest” and “heartfelt” unearthing of intelligence wellness woes that teens spell through, specified arsenic progressive shooter drills and nan measurement elemental mistakes unrecorded connected everlastingly connected societal media.
“Here’s nan thing,” said Flanagan. “Carrie was written half a period ago. Carrie was adapted spectacularly by Brian DePalma. It is iconic. It is untouchable. There is nary logic whatsoever to effort to travel successful those footsteps and to effort to locomotion connected that path. However, nan world has changed rather a lot.”
Marking nan book’s first TV bid adaptation, Flanagan explained really he updated nan bid successful nan 50 years since Stephen King created it. Explaining that he invited respective precocious schoolers into nan writers room to talk astir their real-life traumas that helped style Carrie’s narrative, Flanagan said: “They shared shocking one-off situations aliases changeless curen and microaggressions and things that are not needfully coming themselves arsenic targeted harassment,” he said. “[We will dive into] nan cruelty successful today’s world and really nan net has encouraged cruelty, rewards and celebrates and amplifies it. This is atrocious for adults to woody with, and for teenagers moreover much so.”
The eight-episode bid follows nan titular telekinetic teen, Carrie White (Summer Howell), a misfit high-schooler who has spent her life hidden distant wrong nan walls of her location pinch her fiercely protective and overtly belief mother Margaret (Samantha Sloyan). After her father’s sudden, untimely decease thrusts her into nan unforgiving ecosystem of nationalist precocious school, Carrie is forced to navigate a viral bullying ungraded that tears done her community, nan relentless unit and casual cruelty of nan societal media age, and nan awakening of mysterious telekinetic powers that emergence alongside her adolescence.
Howell, who was chosen from much than a 1000 auditions to play Carrie, explained, “It’s funny because it feels for illustration Carrie, my Carrie goes into this very unfastened and excited for nan world and she wants to make friends and spell to schoolhouse and meet people. She’s ne'er knowledgeable group too her mom and her dad.
“But it felt for illustration this backwards travel because for me, I’ve gone to nationalist schoolhouse my full life. I’m done pinch precocious schoolhouse now, but I knowledgeable it all. So it was conscionable this move of going backmost to, really would I person reacted if I were Carrie? And I consciousness for illustration I didn’t go maine until 18 aliases 19. I started genuinely believing successful myself and figuring retired who I americium and what I want successful life and each of nan above. And truthful it’s funny because Carrie, she comes successful judge of herself and past she’s beaten down by everybody and this caller world, nan caller scenery she’s forced into. And truthful now she’s connected nan self-discovery travel and benignant of trying to get to wherever I consciousness I americium now.”
Alison Thornton, who plays mean woman Chris Hargensen, noted, “It was truthful important for america to spot each different from nan opening because nan show is very acheronian and group had to beryllium a safe space. And that’s a in installments to everyone present and Mike.”
Though it is based connected nan novel, they warned that location were “many surprises successful store.” Meanwhile, Flanagan added: “It’s a thrilling measurement to accommodate something. That is really we were approaching Carrie. That’s what sewage Stephen King very excited astir this adaptation. I deliberation a batch of group deliberation they cognize what nan show is. And nan biggest point I’m excited astir coming is conscionable knowing what a large astonishment our Carrie is going to be. It surely was to me.”
After Deadline exclusively announced Flanagan’s Carrie successful October 2024, he found his titular telekinetic teen successful Howell, rounding retired nan formed pinch Samantha Sloyan arsenic Margaret White, Matthew Lillard arsenic Principal Grayle, Alison Thornton arsenic Chris Hargensen, Thalia Dudek arsenic Emaline, Siena Agudong arsenic Sue Snell, Amber Midthunder arsenic Miss Desjardin, Josie Totah arsenic Tina, Arthur Conti arsenic Billy and Joel Oulette arsenic Tommy. Other additions see Heather Graham, Kate Siegel, Michael Trucco, Katee Sackhoff, Rahul Kohli, Crystal Balint and Danielle Klaudt. Production wrapped past October.
