Mike Flanagan’s ‘Carrie’ Envisioned As Three Seasons In “Dream Scenario”

Mike Flanagan adapted Stephen King‘s Carrie into a series, and in a “dream scenario,” he would like it to run as a trilogy.

Already counting on King’s approval of the adaptation, Flanagan has a specific vision for Carrie that could potentially go beyond the original story.

“In my dream scenario,” Flanagan said in an interview with Collider. “I think it’s three seasons. In my dream scenario, I think Carrie has a wonderful three-step arc. It’s a trilogy, really.”

Carrie follows misfit high‑schooler Carrie White (Howell) after having spent her life hidden away inside the walls of her home with her fiercely protective mother, Margaret (Samantha Sloyan). Following her father’s unexpected death, Carrie enters the public high school ecosystem and is forced to navigate a viral bullying scandal that tears through her community.

Carrie also faces the relentless pressure and casual cruelty of the social‑media age, and the awakening of mysterious telekinetic powers that rise alongside her adolescence.

The supernatural horror miniseries premieres on October 7 on Prime Video with Summer H. Howell in the title role.

Carrie was first adapted into a film in 1976, with Brian De Palma directing a screenplay written by Lawrence D. Cohen and Sissy Spacek as Carrie. A direct sequel, directed by Katt Shea, The Rage: Carrie 2 was released in 1999, with Emily Bergl playing Rachel Lang, Carrie’s younger half-sister.

In 2002, a television film directed by David Carson and based on a screenplay by Bryan Fuller debuted on NBC, with Angela Bettis as Carrie.

Before the new miniseries on Prime Video, Kimberly Peirce directed a 2013 remake starring Chloë Grace Moretz.