Well, an updated take was not on the bingo card for followers of . In fact, this intersection of horror fanbases wasn’t entirely thrilled about those interrupting their hopes that a long-gestating series would launch Flanagan’s Prime Video/Amazon deal after he departed Netflix. Did that proclamation happen? Not yet.
Flanagan himself is surely holding out hope that he will eventually do more with for ‘s opening moments to kick off a lengthy series. For now, however, audiences can look forward to another . Really? Believe it.
Let’s review how this happened and what to expect. Plot Everybody who has dabbled in Stephen King books and adaptations is aware of Brian De Palma’s 1970s adaptation starring Sissy Spacek. Pig’s blood and foreshadowing with tampons certainly are visuals that stick in moviegoers’ minds, along with Carrie’s telekinesis-powered, homecoming-queen revenge upon those who ceaselessly bullied her.
Multiple attempts have been made to repackage this terror-filled classic, and those efforts included a TV movie in the aughts, an incredibly short-lived musical run ( musical in history) that lost millions, and a forgettable 2013 film starring Chloe Moretz. has arguably been done “to death,” so how, exactly, did an eight-episode series version (as ) of the story become Mike Flanagan’s introductory Amazon MGM Studios project? While (via ), Flanagan revealed how Amazon actually reached out because they were interested in a retooling (“they said, ‘.