Archive · 30 Sep 2026
Mike Flanagan Envisions Carrie as a Three-Season Trilogy
Mike Flanagan is making a new television version of Stephen King’s story Carrie.
The main character is Carrie White, a teenager with special powers.
She has lived mostly at home with her protective mother.
After her father dies, Carrie starts attending public high school.
There, she faces bullying and pressure from other students.
Social media makes the cruelty spread through her community.
Flanagan hopes the story could become three seasons, like a trilogy.
The first season premieres on October 7 on Prime Video.
Mike Flanagan said his dream scenario is for Carrie to run for three seasons.
He described the planned adaptation as a trilogy with a three-step arc.
The series follows Carrie White as she enters high school after her father’s death.
Carrie faces bullying, social-media cruelty and awakening telekinetic powers.
The supernatural horror miniseries premieres October 7 on Prime Video, starring Summer H. Howell.
- Who
- Mike Flanagan is adapting Stephen King’s Carrie, with Summer H. Howell playing Carrie White.
- What
- A new supernatural horror miniseries is being envisioned as a possible three-season trilogy.
- When
- The miniseries premieres October 7; the article does not specify the year.
- Where
- The series will premiere on Prime Video.
- Why
- Flanagan believes Carrie can support a three-step story arc spanning three seasons.
- Format
- Supernatural horror miniseries
- Planned scope
- Three seasons in Flanagan’s dream scenario
- Source material
- Stephen King’s Carrie
- Lead actor
- Summer H. Howell as Carrie White
- Platform
- Prime Video
- Premiere
- October 7
- Previous film adaptation
- Brian De Palma directed the 1976 film starring Sissy Spacek