Mike Flanagan's next Stephen✅ King-based project might have just found its Carrie White. 

The writer-director, whose previous adaptations include Doctor Sleep and The Life of Chuck, is de🐠veloping a TV series based on King's very first novel for Amazon – and according to , Summer H. Howell is "nearing a deal" to nab the titular role.

Set to be a "bold and timely 𒊎reimagining of the story of misfit high-schooler Carrie White", as described by the show's longline, it promises to expl𝓀ore how the telekinetic teen's secluded life, domineering mother, and cruel peers led to the emergence of her mysterious, dangerous powers and a tragic event that shook the community.

Howell is no stranger to the horror genre💖, having appeared in titles such as Time Cut, Spirit in the Blood, The Midnight Man, Channel Zero, and Child's Play sequels Curse of Chucky and Cult of Chucky. News of her involvement comes just a couple of weeks after Hereditary's Milly Shapiro had been reported to be in talks for the role.

Over the years, even before the TV series was announced back in October 2024, many King fans have been campaigning for an❀y future takes on the source material to cast a "book-accurate" Carrie, rather than fo♔llow Brian De Palma's 1976 movie with a "Sissy Spacek-type" or Kimberly Peirce's 2013 outing, which was led by Chloë Grace Moretz.

"I feel like the casting of Carrie shouldn't even be a debate. She should be fat, and that isn't a bad word. Casting a thin actress doesn't make sense," , while : "The titular character in CARRIE is meant to be fat and doughy, awkward and uncomfortable in her body, which draws abuse from her fellow kids and contempt from her teachers. Even the story's best ꦦadaptations ignore this element completely and thus kneecap themselves."

"Cast a fat girl to play Carrie u cowards. He✨r w𝐆eight is a big reason why she was bullied. That's literally why they used pig blood specifically," .

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