‘Carrie’ teaser: Mike Flanagan reimagines Stephen King’s horror classic for Prime Video
Prime Video has unveiled the first teaser for Carrie, giving us our first glimpse of Mike Flanagan’s television adaptation of Stephen King’s landmark 1974 novel. Howell, a socially isolated teenager whose life is shaped by relentless bullying at school and the suffocating control of her deeply religious mother, Margaret White, portrayed by Samantha Sloyan. Stephen King has also expressed support for the creative direction of the adaptation.The teaser debuted during Prime Video’s Comic-Con presentation, where the streamer also confirmed the series’ October release date.
- ▪Prime Video has unveiled the first teaser for Carrie, giving us our first glimpse of Mike Flanagan’s television adaptation of Stephen King’s landmark 1974 novel.
- ▪Howell, a socially isolated teenager whose life is shaped by relentless bullying at school and the suffocating control of her deeply religious mother, Margaret White, portrayed by Samantha Sloyan.
- ▪Stephen King has also expressed support for the creative direction of the adaptation.The teaser debuted during Prime Video’s Comic-Con presentation, where the streamer also confirmed the series’ October release date.
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Prime Video has unveiled the first teaser for Carrie, giving us our first glimpse of Mike Flanagan’s television adaptation of Stephen King’s landmark 1974 novel. The eight-episode series, which premieres on October 7, marks the filmmaker’s latest collaboration with King after Gerald’s Game, Doctor Sleep and The Life of Chuck. ‘The Long Walk’ movie review: Cooper Hoffman and David Jonsson’s elegiac camaraderie goes the distanceThe teaser reintroduces Carrie White, played by Summer H. Howell, a socially isolated teenager whose life is shaped by relentless bullying at school and the suffocating control of her deeply religious mother, Margaret White, portrayed by Samantha Sloyan.
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