These days, it’s impossible to talk about upcoming Stephen King adaptations without several mentions of fellow horror mastermind Mike Flanagan, whose latest film The Life of Chuck has yet to hit theaters in the midst of development on both a Dark Tower TV show and a series based on that most tragic of prom attendees, Carrie. The latter was only announced in October 2024, but the filmmaker has already shared quite the positive progress report, so it feels like a good time to make some casting wishes for the upcoming horror series.
Mike Flanagan’s Carrie Update
I know I wasn’t alone in thinking, given the pre-Halloween announcement, that Carrie might be pushed to a back burner while Mike Flanagan works the kinks out on his upcoming Exorcist reimagining. However, it sounds like the development process is rolling along quite smoothly, and that it was actually already happening when the news first broke. (Here’s what how told us Stephen King reacted to the news.)