Carrie, the new series created by Mike Flanagan based on Stephen King's first novel, will be available in full on Prime Video on October 7, 2026. The eight episodes of this first television adaptation of the book will be released simultaneously.
This new take follows Carrie White, a teenage girl who has long been sheltered from the world by her mother, Margaret. After her father’s sudden death, she starts at a public high school where she confronts bullying that goes viral, the pressure of social media, and the emergence of telekinetic powers she can’t quite master yet.
After a casting call that drew nearly 1,500 hopefuls, Summer H. Howell plays Carrie White. Samantha Sloyan embodies her mother, Margaret, while Siena Agudong, Alison Thornton, Joel Oulette, Josie Totah, Arthur Conti, Thalia Dudek, Amber Midthunder and Matthew Lillard fill out the main cast. Several of Mike Flanagan’s regular collaborators will also appear, including Kate Siegel, Rahul Kohli, Crystal Balint and Michael Trucco.
Mike Flanagan is handling the writing, producing, and overall showrunning duties. He directs the opening two and the final two episodes, while the four middle installments are entrusted to Kate Siegel, Axelle Carolyn, Kyra Sedgwick, and Hiromi Kamata. Stephen King is himself on board as an executive producer.
For Mike Flanagan, Carrie extends a steady streak of work centered on the writer, following Jessie, Doctor Sleep and Life of Chuck. The series also lands fifty years after Brian De Palma’s 1976 adaptation, which had long since linked the character Carrie White to the horror cinema.
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