Amazon Prime Video has confirmed a series green light for Carrie, a series based on the Stephen King novel. Mike Flanagan serves as writer, executive producer and showrunner, and will direct select episodes, with Trevor Macy also executive producing.

Amazon has ordered eight episodes, with production slated to begin this summer in Vancouver. Variety exclusively reported that newcomer Summer H. Howell is currently is negotiations for the title role of Carrie White, while Siena Agudong has been cast as nemesis Sue Snell.

Like the 1976 film Carrie, the series will be based on Stephen King’s debut novel (1974).  The film followed Carrie White (Sissy Spacek), a shy, friendless teenage girl who is sheltered by her domineering, religious mother, unleashes her telekinetic powers after being humiliated by her classmates at her senior prom The movie also starred Piper Laurie as Carrie’s mother, and John Travolta.

The Prime Video series is described as “a bold and timely reimagining of the story of misfit high-schooler Carrie White, who has spent her life in seclusion with her domineering mother. After her father’s sudden and untimely death, Carrie finds herself contending with the alien landscape of public High School, a bullying scandal that shatters her community, and the emergence of mysterious telekinetic powers.”

Vernon Sanders, head of television for Amazon MGM Studios, shared in a statement:  “’Carrie’ is an iconic story that has withstood the test of time with continued cultural relevance. With Mike Flanagan at the helm and the accomplished team assembled including executive producer Trevor Macy this provocative series is sure to captivate our global customers.”

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