School might be out for the summer, but class is still in session for Mike Flanagan. Prime Video just revealed the first images for the horror auteur’s version of Carrie (some via Entertainment Weekly), the first time Stephen King’s debut novel has been adapted for television, and it looks like we’re in for one hell of a ride with the young telekinetic.
Starring Summer Howell as Carrie White, the reimagined series also features Samanatha Sloyan, Siena Agudong, Alison Thornton, Joel Oulette, Josie Tota, Arthur Conti, Thalia Dudek, Amber Midthunder, and Matthew Lillard. The series, synopsis is as follows:
Misfit high‑schooler Carrie White has spent her life hidden away inside the walls of her home with her fiercely protective mother, Margaret . After her father’s sudden, untimely death thrusts her into the unforgiving ecosystem of public high school, Carrie is forced to navigate a viral bullying scandal that tears through her community, the relentless pressure and casual cruelty of the social‑media age, and the awakening of mysterious telekinetic powers that rise alongside her adolescence.
Told over eight propulsive episodes, the series expands King’s cultural landmark — deepening its characters and tensions, and following the small, everyday choices that build toward a single, shattering night, in a gripping, deeply human story about kindness versus cruelty, and whether we’re witnessing the making of a hero, a monster, or something far more complicated.
Based on that synopsis — our first for the series thus far — we finally have a better idea of what exactly Flanagan’s going to do to bring Carrie and her tormentors into the present day. It seems like a lot of that will be focused on social media and the effect it has on teens in 2026, but how that holds up with the evergreen themes of King’s original story remains to be seen.
The series is also premiering the same year as Brian De Palma’s original film adaptation, starring Sissy Spacek, turns fifty years old. Comparisons are inevitable (especially when it comes to Spacek’s powerhouse performance), but with Flanagan also set to direct four episodes of the series, it’s almost certain that this will be a version of Carrie like we’ve never seen her before.
Carrie hits Prime Video this fall. Stay tuned to FANGORIA for more updates.
