Prime Video has released the first images from its upcoming series adaptation of Carrie, giving audiences an early look at the streamer’s take on Stephen King’s 1974 debut novel ahead of a fall premiere.
The eight-episode series marks the first time King’s story has been adapted for television. It is written and executive produced by showrunner Mike Flanagan, known for Midnight Mass and The Haunting of Hill House, who is also directing four of the season’s episodes. King himself serves as an executive producer on the project, which is produced by Amazon MGM Studios.
The story follows Carrie White, a misfit teenager who has spent much of her life isolated at home with her mother, Margaret. Her father’s sudden death forces her into public high school, where she contends with a bullying scandal, the pressures of social media, and telekinetic powers that emerge alongside her adolescence. According to Amazon MGM Studios, the series expands on King’s original novel by deepening its characters and tracing the smaller decisions that lead to the story’s climactic night, framing the narrative as an exploration of kindness versus cruelty.
Summer Howell has been cast in the title role after a search that involved more than 1,000 actors reading for the part, the studio said. She is joined by Samantha Sloyan, known for The Pitt, as Margaret White. The ensemble also includes Siena Agudong (Resident Evil) as Sue Snell, Alison Thornton (Fire Country) as Chris Hargensen, Joel Oulette (My Life with the Walter Boys) as Tommy Ross, Josie Tota (The Buccaneers) as Tina, Arthur Conti (Beetlejuice Beetlejuice) as Billy, Thalia Dudek (The Running Man) as Emaline, Amber Midthunder (Prey) as Miss Desjardin, and Matthew Lillard (Man of Tomorrow) as Principal Grayle.
King’s novel, his first published book, came out in 1974 and spent 14 weeks on The New York Times Best Seller list. It has since been translated into more than 35 languages and helped launch a career in which King’s books have sold more than 350 million copies worldwide. The story was previously adapted into a 1976 film directed by Brian De Palma that received an Academy Award nomination and is widely credited with cementing the novel’s place in popular culture. This year marks the 50th anniversary of that film’s release.
Prime Video has not yet announced a specific premiere date for the new series beyond a fall release window.
