How Mike Flanagan Will Make ‘CarrieR...

Horror and literature followers alike shall be excited to listen to that seasoned Stephen King cinematic universe storyteller Mike Flanagan has one thing new deliberate for his Carrie adaptation. The eight episode mini-series proposed by Amazon was an concept Flanagan initially balked at. He instructed Variety, “I initially thought, ‘Why? It’s been carried out.”

You’ll be able to’t blame him for hesitating; the e book has already been tailored a number of instances. However after giving it appreciable thought, he stated, “I discovered a solution to that query, and it made me very excited.”

He then turned to somebody who clearly wanted to be a part of the dialogue: famed horror writer Stephen King, who Flanagan has had a fruitful working relationship with—together with on his present characteristic The Life of Chuck.

“However after I went to Steve, his reply was ‘Why?’ His first response was, ‘Depart her alone. She’s been by way of sufficient.’ Nevertheless it’s that factor the place the extra info I may share, and sending him the bible and the plan for the present, he may see the factor we have been making an attempt to do this was new.” Flanagan defined. “Then he stated with out freely giving an excessive amount of, ‘Ohh, now I’m , simply as a fan. I’m excited to see the place this goes.’ As soon as he stated sure, then we have been off, as a result of if Steve had stated no, I wouldn’t do it. So the connection has developed, however he’s all the time remained extremely respectful of separating the e book and the film.”

The Physician Sleep filmmaker seeks to modernize the narrative we find out about Carrie’s battle to slot in, not simply at college however at house. How that will remodel within the digital age knowledgeable his take. “The factor I might say is the unique story is half a century outdated and it’s fantastic. Its themes have been about youth and bullying and the results of that. I imagine that in at this time’s fashionable world, the ability of what it means to be a bully, the breadth of that and the affect of bullying, have modified lots,” he stated.

“The central tenets are nonetheless the identical, nevertheless it’s about way more than Carrie White,” Flanagan teased, hinting that whereas different on-screen diversifications centered on Carrie, he plans on deeper explorations of the opposite characters and world round her as nicely.

“I can’t actually speak about what we’re doing, I can solely actually speak about what we’re not doing. We’re not retelling the story because it’s been instructed, and we’re not making a present about telekinesis. It’s in there, however that’s not what it’s about,” he stated, ruling out about leaning an excessive amount of into Carrie’s supernatural inclinations. “There’s a model of it the place Carrie White carries a tragic superhero origin story that goes horribly improper. I really feel like they’ve carried out that, too.”

This new model of the story will seemingly tie into how social buildings have grow to be extra poisonous, within the age of on-line platforms turning into locations of radicalization even when youngsters depart colleges. “We’re targeted far more on the destruction of a neighborhood by way of these very fashionable instruments. What occurs in a world the place the web has created an surroundings of perceived anonymity? Carrie White within the locker room in each iteration is a horrifying scene,” he stated. “Carrie White within the locker room when individuals have telephones of their palms is an entire completely different factor.”

That undoubtedly brings to thoughts modern youth-centered dramas equivalent to Adolescence however by the use of Stephen King Horror—and we will’t wait to see what Flanagan comes up with.

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