With Mike Flanagan’s Carrie TV present slowly taking form, having been formally greenlit in April, one other identify is now in talks to hitch the challenge following the announcement of Summer time H. Howell being eyed to star as Carrie White.
Per Deadline, Scream star Matthew Lillard — who can subsequent be seen in Scream 7 — is in talks to hitch Amazon MGM Studios’ adaptation of Stephen King’s debut novel Carrie. The function Lillard could probably play within the sequence has not been revealed but.
Who else is being eyed to star in Mike Flanagan’s Carrie TV present?
Other than Howell (Curse of Chucky, Cult of Chucky), Resident Evil’s Siena Agudong can be being eyed to play Sue Snell. This makes Lillard the third identify to be introduced on board, because the challenge stays within the early levels of casting. Ought to Lillard signal on to star within the sequence, it’ll mark his subsequent challenge with Flanagan; Lillard performed Gus Wilfong in one other King adaptation, titled The Lifetime of Chuck.
Flanagan may even write and government produce the Carrie tv sequence, along with directing episodes. It’s going to encompass eight episodes. The plot description for the Carrie adaptation reads as follows:
“A daring and well timed reimagining of the story of misfit high-schooler Carrie White (Howell), who has spent her life in seclusion along with her domineering mom. After her father’s sudden and premature demise, Carrie finds herself contending with the alien panorama of public highschool, a bullying scandal that shatters her group, and the emergence of mysterious telekinetic powers.”
Flanagan’s Carrie sequence serves because the fifth challenge primarily based on the traditional novel of King, following Brian De Palma’s cult 1976 Carrie film, The Rage: Carrie 2, the 2002 Carrie, and the Chloë Grace Moretz-led 2013 Carrie.
The premiere date for Flanagan’s Carrie has but to be introduced.
(Supply: Deadline)